motorist
Example Sentences
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The warning came after one local motorist apparently failed to provide proof that he was eligible for the scheme after changing his car.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
"I can't believe it," said one motorist, who spoke to AFP on Friday on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
Martin Tomsick told City News Service that officers attempted to pull over a motorist around 12:45 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
“Naw, I don’t want to take it out in the car. Some passing motorist might call the highway department and claim he saw two men wrestling an anaconda.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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