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convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi] / ˈkɒn vɔɪ, kənˈvɔɪ, ˈkɒn vɔɪ /
NOUN
guard, escort
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Oil tankers leave the strait in a convoy under U.S. military protection, usually at night.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Footage shared online appeared to show protesters following the convoy of coaches along a motorway after it had left.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The attack on the Chadian convoy prompted the US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos to express "deep concern" about the risk of Sudan's war threatening regional peace and stability.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“A coordination gap resulted in the media convoy proceeding before the credentialing process was fully completed,” a Space Launch Delta 30 spokesperson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

He trotted his camels to the head of the convoy and glared at me as he passed.

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

Asked about civilian deaths, he says the Taliban targeted US convoys and that civilians were urged to stay away from foreign bases.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Nato officials believe the PM-82 delivered food, water and other supplies to the Admiral Grigorovich, allowing it to stay at sea for extended periods of time and lead Russian convoys though the Channel.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

The trucking convoys are the latest example of ways the global economy has shown surprising resilience in the face of war-related shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Demonstrators, many organising online outside of formal representative bodies, have also used convoys on motorways to snarl traffic and tractors to gridlock central Dublin on occasions.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

One cold, overcast day in January 1989, three months before Laila turned eleven, she, her parents, and Hasina went to watch one of the last Soviet convoys exit the city.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2018

We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.

From Newsweek Mar. 1, 2015

Armchair admirals knew too well that the supplies had to be produced, flown and convoyed over the line to New Zealand, Australia and the imperiled Indies.

From Time Magazine Archive

On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“If something didn’t send an alarm signal that we needed to have serious assets or protection and convoying of our vessels in that area then I want to know why not.”

From The Guardian Jul. 21, 2019

By the time I reached San Clemente, there were four of us convoying at about 20 mph on the 5 to Oceanside.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2018

Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2015

The reason: the Navy was convoying coastal shipping in the Western Atlantic, from Maine to Florida.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was therefore natural that their first encounters should have taken place between fleets engaged in convoying trade, or in endeavouring to intercept the trade of their enemy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various




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