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as in trailer
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
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as in to tent
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Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: After last year's meltdown that saw doctors and nurses denied entrance to downtown hospitals, the city has made preemptive moves to dissuade caravans, including allowing the Grito Festival to return to Grant Park, where 12,000 attendees are expected each day this weekend.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Victoria Kim Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
The enslaved woman who slogged on foot behind her Mormon master’s caravan from Mississippi to Utah, and in 1851, from Utah to L.A.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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Noun
City officials and Mexican leaders also organized the two-day festival on Saturday and Sunday in part to help deter the car caravans that have dominated the streets in recent years, which have led to concerns about safety, traffic delays and arrests.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: After last year's meltdown that saw doctors and nurses denied entrance to downtown hospitals, the city has made preemptive moves to dissuade caravans, including allowing the Grito Festival to return to Grant Park, where 12,000 attendees are expected each day this weekend.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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State officials have organized occasional convoys to let residents caravan through the northern closures to make supply runs.
—Victoria Kim Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
The enslaved woman who slogged on foot behind her Mormon master’s caravan from Mississippi to Utah, and in 1851, from Utah to L.A.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravan
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Its series of demands included Kyiv cutting its army to a fifth of its size, reducing its fleet of ships, helicopters and tanks and banning it from weapons research.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As a low-cost airline, Breeze offers value fares but with enhanced amenities on its brand-new Airbus A220 fleet.Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Horror diehards will likely walk away feeling hoodwinked by a freaky trailer that promises something more extreme than what gets delivered.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Most canvas wall tents this large require transport by truck or pack mule.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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According to Zambrano and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager, the benefits of tenting a turkey with foil include: Moisture retention: Foil helps trap steam, preventing the turkey—especially the breast meat—from drying out.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
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But aid agencies had difficulty moving the food brought ashore to areas further into Gaza where it was needed most because humanitarian convoys came under attack.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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To bring a convoy of pickups from out in the county sent an unsubtle message: this is our town now.David Litt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Tania Davidson is a psychologist who spends her free time backpacking, sailing and otherwise adventuring.Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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What’s the difference between hiking boots and backpacking boots?Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravan. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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