moving van
noun
US
: a large vehicle in which furniture and other things are moved from one home or building to another
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The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.
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Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
The Parisian-style coffee shop and bakery has closed at 225 N. Charles St. A sign outside the cafe bid adieu to customers Thursday, thanking them for their business, as people hauled tables and chairs through the front door and into a moving van parked on the street outside.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Casper doesn’t have the money to rent a truck or a moving van.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
The trusty spreadsheet reviewed my curious collection of annual migration data from three moving van lines — Allied, Atlas, and United — over the last 20 years.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
The men, who were asking for $5 million in ransom, drove them around for 11 hours before forcing the driver, Ed Ray, and the children, ages 5 to 14, to climb through a hole in the ground into a moving van buried in a rock quarry in Livermore.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
The men, who were asking for $5 million in ransom, drove them around for 11 hours before forcing the driver Ed Ray and children, ages 5 to 14, to climb through a hole in the ground into a moving van buried in a rock quarry in Livermore.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
Security camera footage appeared to show a rented moving van had been placed near the gallery's driveway gate.
—Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
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Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
The Parisian-style coffee shop and bakery has closed at 225 N. Charles St. A sign outside the cafe bid adieu to customers Thursday, thanking them for their business, as people hauled tables and chairs through the front door and into a moving van parked on the street outside.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Casper doesn’t have the money to rent a truck or a moving van.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
The trusty spreadsheet reviewed my curious collection of annual migration data from three moving van lines — Allied, Atlas, and United — over the last 20 years.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
The men, who were asking for $5 million in ransom, drove them around for 11 hours before forcing the driver, Ed Ray, and the children, ages 5 to 14, to climb through a hole in the ground into a moving van buried in a rock quarry in Livermore.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
The men, who were asking for $5 million in ransom, drove them around for 11 hours before forcing the driver Ed Ray and children, ages 5 to 14, to climb through a hole in the ground into a moving van buried in a rock quarry in Livermore.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
Security camera footage appeared to show a rented moving van had been placed near the gallery's driveway gate.
—Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
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“Moving van.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moving%20van. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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