caravan
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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
A new statutory duty would be imposed on local councils to start enforcement action within 28 days of identifying an unauthorised residential caravan site.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
It had permission for one static and one touring caravan but building work took place between around 2018 and 2022.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Rasseem split off to whisper among the others in the caravan and settle their worries.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"They're the ones that are actually sleeping under the stars – not sofa surfing or in caravans or anything, they're actually rough sleeping," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
People also distributed hand-drawn maps for caravans to follow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said not enough new sites for caravans were approved, and planning applications from Gypsies and travellers were stopped "dead in their tracks".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In January, the number of unauthorised traveller caravans – those without planning permission – across England stood at 4,950, a 73% increase on January 2020's figure of 2,860.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Five or six caravans, I counted, plus motor homes and a truck, a horsebox, a Hillman van, and a motorbike and sidecar.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
It has many advantages over caravaning by land.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
Edwardian author Kenneth Grahame's story of boating, caravanning and picnicking and the hi-jinks of a cross-dressing amphibian is also an ode to the English landscape.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
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
It was a delightfully free and unconventional life, almost like camping or caravanning.
From Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil
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