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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The presidential motorcade remained on the apron in the corners instead of taking to the high-banked turns.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Some witnesses, including law enforcement officers, reported hearing shots from the front of Kennedy's motorcade, contradicting the government's lone-gunman conclusion.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Kennedy was fatally shot in downtown Dallas as his motorcade passed in front of the Texas School Book Depository building, where 24-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
The president exited the plane holding an umbrella and immediately entered the motorcade.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Some witnesses, including law enforcement officers, reported hearing shots from the front of Kennedy's motorcade, contradicting the government's lone-gunman conclusion.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Kennedy was fatally shot in downtown Dallas as his motorcade passed in front of the Texas School Book Depository building, where 24-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
The president exited the plane holding an umbrella and immediately entered the motorcade.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād
: a parade of motor vehicles
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