as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade Witkoff arrived in Moscow shortly after noon local time on March 13, according to data from the flight tracking website FlightRadar24, and Russian state media broadcast video of his motorcade leaving Vnukovo International Airport shortly after. Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025 Ceremonies for all four were held in the soccer stadium and followed procedures — the military honors, the flyover, the motorcade — written by Melton, who was killed in the line of duty shortly after designing the funeral protocols. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025 After a Mass, Francis' coffin was placed on an open-air popemobile and transported to the burial site outside the Vatican by a motorcade that traversed the streets of Rome, lined by cheering crowds. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 What Happens After Pope Francis' Death? On Easter Sunday, Vance was granted a brief audience with Pope Francis before leaving the region — the VP's motorcade was parked at the Vatican for less than 20 minutes, according to a pool report. Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • Trump has said the plane would be used solely by the Department of Defense during the transition to a new fleet of presidential aircraft and would later be donated to his presidential library.
    Nik Popli, Time, 12 May 2025
  • While Turkey has the third largest F-16 fleet in the world, Israel has the second.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Armed convoys are rumbling toward Pakistan’s border with India.
    Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Videos showed that the convoy of marked ambulances were driving with headlights and flashing emergency lights on.
    Kareem Khadder, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The community organized a police procession in his honor on March 17, 2022, right before his passing – a touching tribute to a young life devoted to service.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • Putting aside the procession of recent attacks, some of which seemed to come from Google itself, the biggest threat could come from within.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Prior to the parade, Putin and Xi held two rounds of talks and an informal chat about the conflict, the BBC reported, citing Chinese media.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
  • Yet Ukraine did succeed in disrupting the run-up to the parade earlier this week by launching several drone attacks against Moscow.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 May 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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