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motorist

[moh-ter-ist] / ˈmoʊ tər ɪst /
NOUN
driver
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Salazar was identified after a motorist contacted police to report another driver who had aggressively confronted him minutes before Clinkunbroomer’s death, according to evidence presented at a prior hearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The court heard that as the police officers tended to the taxi driver, a motorist who had been driving behind the police car when they were both overtaken by the BMW arrived on the scene.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Events keep drifting like a lost motorist who starts out on the interstate and takes a series of wrong turns until he’s on a one-lane dirt road, getting mooed at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

My car was nearly 20 years old, and I only carried liability and uninsured motorist coverage, not collision.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Bunderson wanted to avoid Dr. Strayer testifying to the jury that when a motorist is texting, or, for that matter, talking on the phone, they are unfocused and distracted.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The RAC said price rises were "showing no signs of slowing, heaping more misery onto motorists".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

How cloned and ghost number plates are leaving innocent motorists facing fines, debt collection threats and years of stress.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

You’ve probably seen the dramatic photos of motorists stuck after their cars stalled in floodwater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ever since Iraq invaded Kuwait, curious motorists passing through the Mojave Desert have stopped to ask the way to Bagdad, the California ghost town named in the 1800s for the Middle Eastern capital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Dick was standing at the side of a black-surfaced highway, Route 66, his eyes fixed upon the immaculate emptiness as though the fervor of his gaze could force motorists to materialize.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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