as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade Carter’s casket and family landed at Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia, and his casket was transferred to a hearse that will carry him via motorcade to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter and his family travel through Plains to the late president’s final resting place. ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024 The motorcade will travel through Carter's hometown of Plains to his childhood home and family farm before heading to Atlanta. Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024 Carter's body will be transferred with ceremony to the hearse upon arrival before the parties will travel by motorcade at 1:15pm to the U.S. Navy Memorial. Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for motorcade 
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Noun
  • Drone strikes on Sevastopol have forced Russia to move much of its naval fleet from Crimea to the Krasnodar region thus losing control of much of the Black Sea. Strikes on the port at Novorossiysk not only highlight Russian air defense vulnerabilities but suggest nowhere is safe.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • More than 180 oil-carrying vessels that are suspected to be part of a shadow fleet utilized by the Kremlin to evade oil sanctions as well as traders, oil field service firms and Russian energy officials are also targeted by the new sanctions.
    AAMER MADHANI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • Yoon left his residence in a convoy and was taken to the offices of the Corruption Investigation Office.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 15 Jan. 2025
  • After more than two hours of negotiation inside the presidential residence between Yoon's representatives and law enforcement, a presidential convoy left the compound.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for a procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
    Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
  • An emotional procession began, led by a brass band, and the crowd followed walking somberly, dancing, and crying.
    Janna A. Zanzi, AFAR Media, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • In a rare show of force, Fatah held a military parade in Ramallah last week to celebrate its founding, its fighters firing into the air.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Seizing on the parade of scandal and turmoil, at least eight challengers are vying to make Mr. Adams a one-term mayor.
    William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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