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four-wheel drive

NOUN
power transmitted to vehicle's four wheels
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Our four-wheel drive vehicle struggled up the steep road the Cambodians have built to climb the cliff.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

New South Wales police said on Friday that one man was missing after his four-wheel drive was swept into a fast-flowing river.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

We rented a four-wheel drive van and stayed in Mariposa.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

They had a kind of hysterical look and emphatically told us not to try, even though my Toyota Highlander SUV has four-wheel drive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

“If you’re not leaving, then let us borrow your truck. We need four-wheel drive to get us where we’re going.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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