minibus

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Recent Examples of minibus With foreign visitors cramming the carriages, Costa now waits at a stop for electric minibuses put on by the Lisbon transport company Carris for residents who take the same route. Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 26 Oct. 2024 Flashback: Last year, the House and Senate were similarly at odds, and HHS wound up with a slight funding bump in the second minibus. Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 July 2024 Drivers honk in disapproval at seemingly never-ending traffic, police officers forcefully blow their whistles at pedestrians who cross the road too slowly, and minibus operators hurry people in and out of their vehicles, shouting their destinations above the din of traffic. Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024 Electric buses, smaller 15-seat minibuses, cars and motorbikes are popping up on the streets of the capital. Ella Nilsen, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for minibus 
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Noun
  • And Davey says the riders complain about how slowly the buses move.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Her bus back to São Paulo, a seven-hour journey, wasn’t scheduled to leave for several hours.
    María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Founded by Wataru Kato, the tuning firm is no stranger to pushing the limits of car customization.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • People leaned on their car horns, expressing their joy at the end of a regime that relied on brutality and terror as a means of governing Syria for more than half a century and waged a civil war that forced millions of people to become refugees.
    John Ketchum, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Space-Hub resembles a minivan with minimal overhangs and a rear light that has a similar look to Rivian’s electric delivery vans for Amazon.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Pricing is as follows: Standard vehicle (includes SUV, truck, minivan): $42.99 Priority pass standard vehicle: $89.99 Christmas Express $21.99 per person Additional fees may apply when using a credit card.
    Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez said that Watford will undergo a full evaluation following Thursday’s game to determine the context of his latest injury.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • While Indiana won titles in 1940 and 1953, the Hoosiers are more widely associated with their success under coach Bobby Knight, who won three more championships in the 1970s and ’80s.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.
    Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Chevrolet’s famed Tri-Five automobiles—built in 1955, 1956, and 1957—were models that established themselves as automotive heartthrobs in their time, and even more so over the course of ensuing decades.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Chandler had 1,000 residents by the time 1920 rolled around and the then-novel automobile became a big issue.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the intersection of County Road 172 and Lynda Sue Street, a woman driving a Toyota Corolla rear-ended his van.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Now, would your reporter tell us why 14-year-olds are traveling in vans with 27-year-olds?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the episode, Tammy was angry with Amy for joking around with the limousine driver.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Carter was identified in the original complaint as Celebrity A. The plaintiff alleged she was noticed by a limousine driver who invited her to the after-party where Combs and Carter raped her.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024

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