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caravan

[kar-uh-van] / ˈkær əˌvæn /


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Detectives have also linked their wider investigation to a caravan fire on Attlee Road in Grangetown.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In an undeveloped eastern part of the city, the caravan turned off the pavement and bumped along a dirt road to an opening in the Joshua trees where a broken-down recreational vehicle came into view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Cleverly, whose Braintree constituency saw a caravan site built over a weekend in May allegedly without permission, accused Labour ministers of "turning a blind eye" to the issue.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

When Codona moved on to what has become his family's caravan site, just outside Elm, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in 2020, he did not have planning permission.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The caravan clacked and lurched its way through the forest.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

"They're the ones that are actually sleeping under the stars – not sofa surfing or in caravans or anything, they're actually rough sleeping," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That deadline passed in July last year, with many of the caravans and infrastructure still on the site.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In 2024, the planning inspector gave 16 months for most of the caravans and hardstanding on one site to be removed.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Five or six caravans, I counted, plus motor homes and a truck, a horsebox, a Hillman van, and a motorbike and sidecar.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

My cousins still caravanned from Anaheim to Los Angeles to celebrate the championships of both the Dodgers and Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 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

“We saw a large number of people influx into the city which is not uncommon with the caravanning and things we have witnessed over the years,” the chief said.

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

Jane Chesson runs a small camping, caravanning and glamping site, Greenway Touring and Glamping, in Shropshire.

From BBC ● May 21, 2020

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

It was a delightfully free and unconventional life, almost like camping or caravanning.

From Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil


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