motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmō-tər-ˌkād 
: a procession of motor vehicles
motorcade
intransitive verb
Examples of motorcade in a Sentence
the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines
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Netanyahu's motorcade was spotted arriving at the White House earlier this evening.
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
One of the most prolific cogs in Li’s motorcade, according to civil and criminal cases, was a Chinese national named Hailong Zhu.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Police presence was limited, save for a motorcade when the visiting team’s buses arrived.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Saudi fighter jets escorted Air Force One upon its landing in Riyadh, where bin Salman greeted Trump on the tarmac, and a convoy of Arabian horses then surrounded Trump’s motorcade en route to the Saudi royal court.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
One of the most prolific cogs in Li’s motorcade, according to civil and criminal cases, was a Chinese national named Hailong Zhu.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Police presence was limited, save for a motorcade when the visiting team’s buses arrived.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Saudi fighter jets escorted Air Force One upon its landing in Riyadh, where bin Salman greeted Trump on the tarmac, and a convoy of Arabian horses then surrounded Trump’s motorcade en route to the Saudi royal court.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād
: a parade of motor vehicles
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