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Recent Examples of sport-utility vehicle
The three suspects used hammers to smash a glass display case and then grabbed several thousand dollars worth of jewelry before running from the mall to a waiting dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was toward the Main Street exit, police said.
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Lisa Backus, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024
But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Lisa Backus, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024
But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sport-utility vehicle
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Some of the most interesting sports cars and GTs of the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s were powered by eight-cylinder, stateside muscle—engines that cost less at the time than a set of Borrani wheel spinners cost today.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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The English-language sports car biopic is being directed by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco (Crash).—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 Dec. 2024
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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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In December 2024, retail sales excluding motor vehicles and parts were up by a more modest 2.9% year on year.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Jerome Lee Davis is charged with second degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, first degree assault, tampering with a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of a firearm.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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Mini Clubman British auto brand Mini ended production of the second-generation Clubman – a small station wagon introduced in 2015 as a 2016 model year – in February.—
Bailey Schulz,
Detroit Free Press,
19 Dec. 2024
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One was the land-yacht-style station wagon, perhaps in avocado green with faux-wood paneling.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2024
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Doggett fell to the ground and was run over by the front passenger tire of the SUV.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
24 Jan. 2025
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The California Highway patrol still has not determined if the man — Dalton Towery-Britt, 33, of Antioch — was driving the SUV or if the driver was a woman who survived the crash.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Boilermakers had a particularly audacious opening — wins over then-No. 2 Alabama and a good Ole Miss team, losses to Texas A&M, Marquette and the wagon that is Auburn.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Stay in one of the Avalanche Ranch Cabins and Hot Springs’ log cabins or wagons, constructed between 1890 and 1950.—
Jennifer Broome,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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Both agreed for the most part that the best approach usually is to leave them alone, a sentiment Bills coach Sean McDermott echoed Friday morning.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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And under coach Jerome Tang, they’ve usually gotten blown out at Allen Fieldhouse.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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The powertrain wasn’t all the hatchback borrowed from the sports car, though.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
4 Dec. 2024
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Mitsubishi Mirage Mitsubishi previously announced plans to halt production for the Mirage, a compact hatchback, for the U.S. market late this year.—
Bailey Schulz,
Detroit Free Press,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Sport-utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sport-utility%20vehicle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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