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caravan

[kar-uh-van] / ˈkær əˌvæn /


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He went on the run after Kelly's death, and was found dead in a caravan park six months later.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Her father Leo Steinem was a travelling salesman and, together with her mother Ruth and older sister Susanne, they lived in a caravan, crisscrossing the country.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

It had permission for one static and one touring caravan but building work took place between around 2018 and 2022.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

I was a passenger on a recent Sunday pleasure cruise with a caravan of nine cars, which started in Ojai and ended at the base of Mount Pinos in the Los Padres National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

"You were the bird in the witch's caravan," he told the woman.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

People also distributed hand-drawn maps for caravans to follow.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

BBC analysis of data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government found councils across England reported 73% more unauthorised traveller caravans in January 2026 compared to January 2020.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

A planning inspector ruled five caravans could stay across two plots, giving 16 months for the remaining caravans, hardstanding and part of a road to go.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

That deadline passed in July 2025, but more than a dozen caravans and infrastructure remain.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The caravans made their way to Vaes Dothrak from east and west not so much to sell to the Dothraki as to trade with each other, Ser Jorah had explained.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen caravanned from a government building to a business incubator, set to end her day at the president’s residence, spreading a message of mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa relations.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2023

We caravanned up to Massachusetts and I cried in bursts for much of the drive, especially when we passed minivans encrusted with bike racks full of little, brightly colored bikes.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2022

Cesar was there along with a contingent that had caravanned from the Willis Avenue Bridge.

From The Verge Sep. 13, 2021

In the final days of campaigning, flag-waving supporters of President Trump caravanned in vehicles through the state’s largest metro area in Albuquerque and suburban Rio Rancho.

From Washington Times Nov. 2, 2020

We caravanned to Kerry’s hometown with a bunch of people, squeezing into a car with Henry and Willow, who was so pregnant the seat belt wouldn’t fit over her bump.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

As the rising sun spat fiery fuchsia across the sky, three companions and I caravaned to an unmarked trailhead near the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2024

They caravaned to the Swiss border, then Montemaggi and two of the men entered the woods.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2021

She became so close with her classmates that two years later, when the program was finished, the group of aspiring filmmakers caravaned across the country to move to L.A. together.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2018

As the family caravaned to Harvard, Pam Ogletree tugged her husband’s Martha’s Vineyard baseball cap off his head and looked him over.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2017

Others started to get into it as we caravaned past the Villas at Versailles.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

Highway capacity will be increased by a factor of four by caravaning.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2018

He built an empire based on caravaning — that’s what Australians call the popular pastime — and then invested in cycling, thoroughbreds, wine, soccer, basketball, technology and art.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2018

Yet this week the New Jersey governor was in a relative wilderness, caravaning along the slushy roads of eastern Iowa and sporting a different pin on his suit jacket: the Iowa state flag.

From Washington Post Dec. 30, 2015

Yeah, caravaning is inherently silly, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying the British countryside.

From The Guardian May 17, 2012

I've felt you and your calm in our caravaning.

From Foes by Mary Johnston

Horse-drawn caravans were used as mobile homes in the early 19th Century, but leisure caravanning expanded rapidly after World War One.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

The city passed ordinances last year banning caravanning and street racing.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2023

The global market for camping and caravanning is expected to grow 6.6 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to Research and Markets.

From New York Times Aug. 28, 2022

Most post-apocalyptic fiction offers hope in some form, whether it’s the caravanning Shakespeare companies of Station Eleven or the new family the son finds in The Road.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2020

But here let me say that caravanning for health and pleasure had better not be undertaken with a single carriage, however well horsed.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables




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