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Which vehicle was once nicknamed the "iron horse"?

vehicle

[vee-i-kuhl, vee-hi-] / ˈvi ɪ kəl, ˈvi hɪ- /




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“We have made significant improvements to vehicle behavior around school buses and have received no citations since March 2026,” a Waymo spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Customs and Border Protection said it does not plan to build a border wall in the Big Bend National Park, with its steep canyons, but said new patrol roads and vehicle barriers would be added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The vehicle, which does, underneath all those angles, feature a truck bed with a motorized cover, was almost immediately labeled a colossal blunder.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to "sweep the vehicle as a precaution," the Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

You couldn't lift a three-ton vehicle unless you adjusted gravity, and how could you survive piling through a building unless you were able to manipulate energy?

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Through September, Chinese consumers have bought about 22% fewer passenger vehicles this year than in the same period in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The preliminary evaluation involves an estimated 1.2 million vehicles, including Ford Explorers from model years 2021 through 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

You were supposed to imagine a fleet of the vehicles rolling off SpaceX Starships that had landed on Mars, possibly driven by androids quoting The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Few vehicles have been more widely unloved and often ridiculed than Elon Musk’s attempt to radically redefine the venerable all-American pickup truck.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

At first too stunned to move, he recovered in time to shout into the phone, “Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately—there’s a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street!”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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