jitney

Example Sentences

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Wave, a public jitney, runs routes all over the island and is free through the end of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

“When I was younger and couldn’t afford an actual vacation, I would bring my toddler on an adventure I called ‘the bus to the boat to the jitney to the beach,’ ” Coven said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Some are braving the trains; others the jitney.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

But Wilson is less interested in mining any potential melodrama than he is in exploring the contrasting worldviews between the aptly named Youngblood and the older jitney drivers, who challenge, rebuke and encourage him.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2019

The jitney, which is what rich people call the shuttle, goes up at seven, and I can drop the pieces off then.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson