school bus
noun
: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school
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In March 2022, a 14-year-old student accidentally shot his 15-year-old classmate on a school bus in Kingman.
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L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
With a bulky fuselage painted a blinding shade of yellow, the vehicle looked like a miniature school bus.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Nine children and two adults were injured when a school bus flipped onto its roof in Burke County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
One person was airlifted to a hospital, and ten others sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a school bus overturned in North Carolina on Tuesday morning, officials said.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
In some cases, boys shared the faked images in the school lunchroom, on the school bus or through group chats on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, according to school and police reports.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Some school buses were picked up by the wind and hurled three blocks.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Evidence captured on bus video Connecticut State Police Police found this video from a passing school bus of the Tacoma on the side of the road near Waveny Park in New Canaan at 7:57 a.m.
—Emily Wichick Hourihane, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Aware of the state’s plans, the Petermann school bus operator in Elmwood Place was anticipating the need for new driver routes.
—The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
With a bulky fuselage painted a blinding shade of yellow, the vehicle looked like a miniature school bus.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Nine children and two adults were injured when a school bus flipped onto its roof in Burke County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
One person was airlifted to a hospital, and ten others sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a school bus overturned in North Carolina on Tuesday morning, officials said.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
In some cases, boys shared the faked images in the school lunchroom, on the school bus or through group chats on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, according to school and police reports.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Some school buses were picked up by the wind and hurled three blocks.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Evidence captured on bus video Connecticut State Police Police found this video from a passing school bus of the Tacoma on the side of the road near Waveny Park in New Canaan at 7:57 a.m.
—Emily Wichick Hourihane, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Aware of the state’s plans, the Petermann school bus operator in Elmwood Place was anticipating the need for new driver routes.
—The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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