convoy
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Dozens of officers involved were briefed at a nearby police station before joining a convoy to Daniel's home.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Every weapon carried, every tunnel still worked on, and every convoy still obstructed sets the process back and hands an argument to those who want to resume war," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She also said there were still many "unanswered questions" about the strikes, including why, if the first strike on the convoy was "a catastrophic error", two further strikes followed just minutes apart.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“A coordination gap resulted in the media convoy proceeding before the credentialing process was fully completed,” a Space Launch Delta 30 spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
They left the protection of the convoy and headed back toward the floundering little vessels.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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The U.S. is guiding convoys through the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are routing more crude through pipelines that bypass the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He suggested Ukraine's main objective was not only to strike the assets "important to Russia's image of grand power", but to disrupt key logistical convoys, command posts, and communication towers.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The strikes mean Russia has been forced to shorten convoys on supply routes as a "quick coping mechanism to reduce potential damage", Cristian Vlas at conflict monitoring group Acled told BBC Verify.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Last week's protests grew from slow-moving convoys on motorways and restricted access to Dublin's busiest streets, to a part blockade of Ireland's only oil refinery and restricted access to at least two other fuel depots.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
The two convoys were going in opposite directions, and Bors was alone.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2018
We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 1, 2015
With their hockey sticks inverted like spears, they reached over the boards, jousted the police away and convoyed Eagleson across the ice to the sanctuary of the Canadian bench.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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“If something didn’t send an alarm signal that we needed to have serious assets or protection and convoying of our vessels in that area then I want to know why not.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2019
By the time I reached San Clemente, there were four of us convoying at about 20 mph on the 5 to Oceanside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2015
Malta, bombed and isolated, faced starvation, and between January and August 1942 British warships convoying merchantmen made six attempts to go to her succor, punched through four battered convoys.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Arthur, good work in convoying subchasers, 178Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue torpedoed by U-29, 84, 174Cronan, Capt.
From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick
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