as in caravan
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig
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Recent Examples of trailer
Hungry for food, Suzanne wanders into the empty trailer of the carnival’s veteran spiritualist and winds up being mistaken for her.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
On Tuesday, May 12, Prime Video released the trailer for Every Year After, the TV adaptation of Carley Fortune's novel Every Summer After.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
When the trailers for the new film dropped, Cole was barely in them.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 May 2026
Shortly into Mike Collins’ time as president, one of his company’s truckers lost control of his trailer.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
On Tuesday, May 12, Prime Video released the trailer for Every Year After, the TV adaptation of Carley Fortune's novel Every Summer After.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
When the trailers for the new film dropped, Cole was barely in them.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 May 2026
Shortly into Mike Collins’ time as president, one of his company’s truckers lost control of his trailer.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trailer
Noun
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Meanwhile, Dean Estabrook tailed the bus full of his Yuba City High School choir students from his personal car, a two-vehicle caravan en route to a choral exchange in the Bay Area.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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At one point, a new pain clinic opened in Broward every 72 hours as out-of-state caravans of cars, trucks and vans loaded up with pills slated for street sales.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Cottonwood Campground will reopen on May 15, 2026, and the North Rim Campground will reopen for tent and RV camping once conditions allow.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Epic Resort Destinations plans to remove parts of the project, including an RV park that was planned for visitors to set up at, and add new elements, Megan Gilliland, the city’s economic development manager, said.—
Sofi Zeman
May 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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That flood killed 25 campers, two counselors at Camp Mystic and the camp's executive director Dick Eastland -- information that emergency responders struggled to confirm as one official noted phone lines were down and there was no cell service at the camp.—
STEPHEN SIMPSON The Texas Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 May 2026
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The legislation followed horrific flooding in Central Texas on July 4 that resulted in 25 campers and two counselors losing their lives at Camp Mystic.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The pads typically have 15 vans loading up packages every 20 minutes, though the number more than doubles around the holiday season.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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Frijns, van der Linde and Rast, meanwhile, could take pride in scoring BMW’s first victory in the top category of global sports car racing since the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1999.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trailer. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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