convoy

Oil tankers leave the strait in a convoy under U.S. military protection, usually at night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Every weapon carried, every tunnel still worked and every convoy still obstructed sets the process back and hands an argument to those who want to resume war," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Dozens of officers involved were briefed at a nearby police station before joining a convoy to Daniel's home.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Officials said the convoy began to move into the base before the credentialing process had been completed, and confirmed the journalists had been invited into the base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

An enormous convoy of ships would be dispatched to the West.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Generally speaking, however, tanker convoys, escorted by air and sea by the U.S. military, do the perilous transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Then, in safer waters, national or third-party vessels await for ship-to-ship transfers from the convoys to then sail to the buyer’s final destinations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The strikes mean Russia has been forced to shorten convoys on supply routes as a "quick coping mechanism to reduce potential damage", Cristian Vlas at conflict monitoring group Acled told BBC Verify.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Maine’s camp culture combines rustic canoe trips and campfires with a polished social ecosystem that brings convoys of black SUVs to the state every summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The men, Shamsoun said, first escorted their children and wives into the hills—journeys that took days—and then returned to their villages to save what possessions they could before the government convoys arrived.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2018

We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 1, 2015

An unmarked patrol car cut off the Dodge's escape route; other officers convoyed the driver to the stationhouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“If something didn’t send an alarm signal that we needed to have serious assets or protection and convoying of our vessels in that area then I want to know why not.”

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2019

By the time I reached San Clemente, there were four of us convoying at about 20 mph on the 5 to Oceanside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2018

Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2015

Second, all the peacekeepers convoying humanitarian aid in the former Yugoslavia will have to be withdrawn, beefed up or safe-guarded against retaliation.

From Time Magazine Archive

H. G., good work in convoying subchasers, 178Stark, Commr.

From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick