automobile
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As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Mr. Moskowitz, a former reporter with the Boston Globe, presents a vivid picture of America at the dawn of the automobile age.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Credit-card delinquencies are at “Great Recession” levels, and subprime automobile repossessions are the highest since 2009.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The increase marks the first hike in automobile fuel prices in India since the war broke out in February, prompting Iran's near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The astronomical clock in any case was so jarred and jiggled by the constant rattle of automobile traffic in the narrow street outside that it was no longer the precision instrument it had been.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Vocabulary lists containing automobile
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: auto-
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