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Recent Examples of sport-utility vehicle
To qualify, vans, trucks and sport utility vehicles must have a list price of $80,000 or less; sedans can cost up to $55,000.
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Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The suspects arrived and left in a black sport utility vehicle.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The Department of Energy has agreed to lend billions to carmakers like Rivian, which will receive $6 billion for a factory near Atlanta to produce electric sport utility vehicles.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sport-utility vehicle
Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The suspects arrived and left in a black sport utility vehicle.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The Department of Energy has agreed to lend billions to carmakers like Rivian, which will receive $6 billion for a factory near Atlanta to produce electric sport utility vehicles.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sport-utility vehicle
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Out of these narratives, 19 target Ukraine, with 14 specifically accusing Zelensky and his wife of using aid to buy real estate properties, luxury goods and sports cars.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The wealthy have been splashing out large amounts of cash on flamboyant sports cars and elegant saloons since the early 1900s.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2025
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As black town cars snaked down Wall Street from 5.30 p.m., onlookers leaving the office craned their necks and did a double take inside the temporary tent popped up outside Cipriani.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
3 Dec. 2024
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On Madison Avenue, behind a large brass door just north of 61st Street, there’s a portal to old New York—martini New York, town car New York, the one with all the shoulder pads and creative-class expense accounts.—
Josh Condon,
Robb Report,
1 Nov. 2024
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Eldridge is charged with reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance, failure to renew registration, and improper use of registration plate, according to state police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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Total crime decreased by 13.3% compared to 2023, with homicides down by 30% and motor vehicle thefts reduced by 39%, according to LocalMemphis.com, citing police data.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Frank built a carrier for use on top of his station wagon and bought a pair of old military snowshoes.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
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The trouble with great-looking station wagons like the Audi A5 Avant is that the people who should buy them actually buy the Q5 SUV instead.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
16 July 2024
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Read, 44, is accused of hitting her boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowstorm in 2022.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fort Worth police are investigating a fatal crash as a homicide after determining that a woman intentionally caused an SUV to wreck in a possible domestic violence incident.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Feb. 2025
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That’s a bump of 20 extra horses over the standard wagon, while torque remains the same.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Afterward, everyone seemed happy—the coaches and players on both sides, fans, arrivistes, even the referees.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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The coach said the short turnaround time between games may have contributed to the injuries to Picault and Weigandt.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
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The silver letters of Trump’s name were eventually pried off the building, dumped in a plastic container, and driven away in a Hyundai hatchback.—
Robin Wright,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Kinetic and brutal, the new design gave the appearance of a road-going predator with aims to run down and devour hatchbacks and sedans.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Sport-utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sport-utility%20vehicle. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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