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Neither the Senate nor the House got all of their individual appropriations bills passed on the floor last year before having to pass two minibus packages in March.
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Victoria Knight, Axios, 11 July 2024
The junta had just seized power in a coup d’etat and declared martial law when Byung-moon was ordered to count the number of bodies in a minibus after a brigade opened fire on it.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Gabriel Díez Lacunza Special contributor July 2, 2024 | La Paz, Bolivia; and Mexico City
Estela Fernández Arteaga was riding a minibus to a doctor’s appointment in La Paz last week when passengers, gaping at their cellphones, started calling out about a coup.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
The vehicle would be roughly the size of two minibuses parked side by side, measuring nearly 20 feet (6 meters) long, 17 feet (5.2 meters) wide, and 12.5 feet (3.8 meters) tall.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
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Victoria Knight, Axios, 11 July 2024
The junta had just seized power in a coup d’etat and declared martial law when Byung-moon was ordered to count the number of bodies in a minibus after a brigade opened fire on it.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Gabriel Díez Lacunza Special contributor July 2, 2024 | La Paz, Bolivia; and Mexico City
Estela Fernández Arteaga was riding a minibus to a doctor’s appointment in La Paz last week when passengers, gaping at their cellphones, started calling out about a coup.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
The vehicle would be roughly the size of two minibuses parked side by side, measuring nearly 20 feet (6 meters) long, 17 feet (5.2 meters) wide, and 12.5 feet (3.8 meters) tall.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
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The death follows an Oct. 3 traffic fatality near the same intersection where a man died after he was struck by a bus in the area of Mission Boulevard and Warm Springs Boulevard.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Almora district officials reported to the scene and worked to rescue passengers from the overturned bus.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Money & Markets The 10 best SUVs to buy right now, according to Consumer Reports Consumer Reports tested more than 150 SUVs to make its recommendations By Start Slideshow Americans love their SUVs, which make up the majority of new car purchases in the country.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The minivan remains a viable choice for today’s car-buying consumer, and the 2025 Toyota Sienna minivan is proof these vehicles deserve a spot in the automotive marketplace.Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Rangers dispatched teams to search for the Germans after discovering the minivan, but were only able to find a single Bud Ice beer bottle located 1.7 miles east of the site.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
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This year’s team has two seniors: setter Brooklyn Sutter (the coach’s daughter) and middle hitter Veronica Baray.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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The all-time winningest coach in U.S. Soccer and MLS, Arena was announced last week as the coach and sporting director of the Earthquakes, who haven’t had a winning record since 2013 and haven’t won a playoff game since 2012.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
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Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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That may have been the beginning of automobile finance.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Any business selling consumer goods, as well as the automobile sector and housing construction industry, are likely to feel some pressure related to fiscal policy uncertainty.Georgia Godfrey, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Defense attorney Brad Rozzi said police never investigated how many vans were registered in the county at the time of the murders.Janel Klein, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Synopsis reads: Young Annie (Madison Wolfe) is targeted by an ominous white van that stalks her every move.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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In 2017, Politico reported that during Trump’s 2016 campaign, his former bodyguard and confidante Keith Schiller would routinely go to the McDonald’s near the Marine Air Terminal in Queens while Trump waited in the limousine.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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But photos eventually did surface in 2004, when CBS’ 48 Hours aired images of Diana, crouched on the rear floor of her limousine with no visible injuries.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Minibus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minibus. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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