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convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi] / ˈkɒn vɔɪ, kənˈvɔɪ, ˈkɒn vɔɪ /
NOUN
guard, escort
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Reporters said the convoy had travelled from Lomé port in Togo.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

But a convoy operation is impractical with the blockade in full force, U.S. officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan and French ambassador to the UK Helene Duchene posed for photos, as those travelling in the convoy shook hands with museum staff wearing hi-vis vests.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Hours after his address, AFP reporters in the city of El Alto saw squads of soldiers and armed police moving in a convoy as bulldozers moved in to clear roadblocks.

From Barron's Jun. 20, 2026

After the ride home in the convoy with a fun game of verbal Ping- Pong with my friends, the usual group of news reporters once again greeted us at Mrs. Bates’s house.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

He says Britain survived Germany’s blockade in World War I because it began importing grain in multi-vessel convoys that were defended by warships and safely reached port over 99% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Although blockades at fuel depots and Ireland's only oil refinery have been lifted, slow-moving convoys of large vehicles continued on motorways around Dublin on Monday morning.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

RTÉ said about 500 forecourts had run out of petrol and diesel due to the protests, involving slow-moving convoys made up of vehicles including tractors.

From BBC Apr. 11, 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

If the shooting had already started, all transports would have to be convoyed in any case.

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

This means a hazardous and endless duty of convoying, supplying, transporting troops, a duty subject to raiding by U.S.,

From Time Magazine Archive

David F., good work in convoying subchasers, 178Brest, as destroyer base, 134, 300Brindisi, rendezvous for attack on Durazzo, 200Briscoe, Lt.-Commr.

From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick




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