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caravan

[kar-uh-van] / ˈkær əˌvæn /


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On that 1848 trip, Mason walked 1,700 miles alongside a 300-wagon caravan over months, The Times previously reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

For three magical summers between 1997 and 1999, the women’s festival known as Lilith Fair was a touring caravan of musicians, feminist activists and organizers that carried the message of women’s empowerment across North America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

His dad, a caravan repairman, and his older brother ran half a mile and arrived just as Mark was being loaded into an ambulance.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Cleverly, whose Braintree constituency saw a caravan site built over a weekend in May allegedly without permission, accused Labour ministers of "turning a blind eye" to the issue.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The unfamiliar noises of the caravan still picked at my nerves.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

People also distributed hand-drawn maps for caravans to follow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 2024, the planning inspector gave 16 months for most of the caravans and hardstanding on one site to be removed.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

That deadline passed in July last year, with many of the caravans and infrastructure still on the site.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

A planning inspector ruled five caravans could stay across two plots, giving 16 months for the remaining caravans, hardstanding and part of a road to go.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

From India the pepper was shipped across to Arabia, where camel caravans would carry it all the way to Syria.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen caravanned from a government building to a business incubator, set to end her day at the president’s residence, spreading a message of mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa relations.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

We caravanned up to Massachusetts and I cried in bursts for much of the drive, especially when we passed minivans encrusted with bike racks full of little, brightly colored bikes.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022

Cesar was there along with a contingent that had caravanned from the Willis Avenue Bridge.

From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021

My cousins still caravanned from Anaheim to Los Angeles to celebrate the championships of both the Dodgers and Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2020

We caravanned to Kerry’s hometown with a bunch of people, squeezing into a car with Henry and Willow, who was so pregnant the seat belt wouldn’t fit over her bump.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

As the rising sun spat fiery fuchsia across the sky, three companions and I caravaned to an unmarked trailhead near the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

They caravaned to the Swiss border, then Montemaggi and two of the men entered the woods.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

She became so close with her classmates that two years later, when the program was finished, the group of aspiring filmmakers caravaned across the country to move to L.A. together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2018

As the family caravaned to Harvard, Pam Ogletree tugged her husband’s Martha’s Vineyard baseball cap off his head and looked him over.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2017

Others started to get into it as we caravaned past the Villas at Versailles.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

Highway capacity will be increased by a factor of four by caravaning.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2018

He built an empire based on caravaning — that’s what Australians call the popular pastime — and then invested in cycling, thoroughbreds, wine, soccer, basketball, technology and art.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018

Yet this week the New Jersey governor was in a relative wilderness, caravaning along the slushy roads of eastern Iowa and sporting a different pin on his suit jacket: the Iowa state flag.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2015

Yeah, caravaning is inherently silly, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying the British countryside.

From The Guardian ● May 17, 2012

Our only real disappointment is that caravaning makes you so tired that there is no chance of cricket, for we brought cricket things with us, but have never been able to use them.

From The Slowcoach by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

Vehicle access to forests, including for caravanning and camping, is suspended for the duration of the weather warning.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

The city passed ordinances last year banning caravanning and street racing.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

The global market for camping and caravanning is expected to grow 6.6 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to Research and Markets.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

Most post-apocalyptic fiction offers hope in some form, whether it’s the caravanning Shakespeare companies of Station Eleven or the new family the son finds in The Road.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2020

And truly speaking, apart from that “terrible hill” which, day after day, seems ever on ahead of us, but which we always manage to surmount, caravanning in summer has but few drawbacks.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables




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