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
Recent Examples on the Web
The group is sometimes settled in before Trump's motorcade has even pulled up to the 17-story Art Deco-style building.
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
In response, Stewart played a aerial footage of major cable news networks following Trump’s motorcade through NYC traffic to reporters attempting to decipher the former president’s facial expressions in court.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Her six dancers trailed her, also holding onto motorcycle drivers, in motorcades that lasted minutes.
—Variety, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2024
Thousands more lined freeways and city streets, some cheering the former star running back as the bizarre motorcade passed by.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
In that incident, a car filled with 70 kilograms (154 pounds) of explosives blew up next to his motorcade moving along the highway near the city of Nazran.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Biden exited the plane at 4:20 p.m. and was greeted by Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz.
From the airport, Biden's motorcade traveled to a downtown Phoenix Mexican restaurant for the Latinos con Biden-Harris event.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, MacNeil, then the No. 2 White House correspondent for NBC, was in President Kennedy’s motorcade in Dallas, sitting in the front row of a press bus about six vehicles behind the limousine in which the president and first lady were riding.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As a former president, Trump travels in a Secret Service motorcade with street closures and other security measures.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
In response, Stewart played a aerial footage of major cable news networks following Trump’s motorcade through NYC traffic to reporters attempting to decipher the former president’s facial expressions in court.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Her six dancers trailed her, also holding onto motorcycle drivers, in motorcades that lasted minutes.
—Variety, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2024
Thousands more lined freeways and city streets, some cheering the former star running back as the bizarre motorcade passed by.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
In that incident, a car filled with 70 kilograms (154 pounds) of explosives blew up next to his motorcade moving along the highway near the city of Nazran.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Biden exited the plane at 4:20 p.m. and was greeted by Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz.
From the airport, Biden's motorcade traveled to a downtown Phoenix Mexican restaurant for the Latinos con Biden-Harris event.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, MacNeil, then the No. 2 White House correspondent for NBC, was in President Kennedy’s motorcade in Dallas, sitting in the front row of a press bus about six vehicles behind the limousine in which the president and first lady were riding.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As a former president, Trump travels in a Secret Service motorcade with street closures and other security measures.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād
: a parade of motor vehicles
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