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 Gone are the long motorcades, large security details and lavish mansions for ministers. Pamodi Waravita, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025 Sensitive personal details President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and others smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025 The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter's remains are brought through his hometown. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 The plane is expected to arrive at Fort Moore in southwest Georgia at 2pm, and the motorcade will travel to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for a private funeral service scheduled to take place at 3:45pm. Kristal Dixon, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • This marked the 21st flight for the first-stage booster, the most in the booster fleet, having previously flown on human spaceflight missions Inspiration4 and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 among others.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The dynamic man started his trucking business within only a few years, growing it to a fleet of 15 trucks operating across Canada and the United States.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • The return of the remains Thursday had set off a nationwide outpouring of grief as flag-waving crowds lined highways on a rainy day to pay their respects to a convoy carrying the coffins and thousands packed a Tel Aviv square in an emotional nighttime vigil.
    MELANIE LIDMAN, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Related:Israelis ask if world has forgotten their hostages six months after the trauma of Oct. 7 Israel awaits for the return of its slain Once in Israel Thursday, crowds carrying Israeli flags lined streets to pay tribute as a convoy transporting the bodies drove past.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • Thousands of people lined the streets of Israel on Wednesday to pay their respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young sons as their funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in the south of the country.
    Max Butterworth, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Nasrallah was laid to rest Sunday in Beirut after the funeral procession, while Safieddine will be buried in his hometown in southern Lebanon.
    BASSEM MROUE, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • This planetary parade will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn lining up in the evening sky.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The best time to view the planetary parade is just after sunset.
    Jenna deJong, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025

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