bus
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That’s a reference to how it would be darker and colder on winter mornings for children walking to their bus stops and schools.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
After the attack, the men returned to their hotel by bus and had a barbecue later that evening, the jury heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"When we found out on the team bus, everyone was screaming and shouting. It was a pretty intense bus ride to the practice field."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Miraculously, it worked up until the “very last second” before they stepped on the bus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He did not look up as he was hauled onto the bus.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The Wall Street Journal interviewed people who now ride Greyhound buses in Spirit’s absence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
A single journey through Beijing can require an autonomous vehicle to deal with buses, scooters, cyclists, pedestrians and unpredictable traffic.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
After confirming the journey on a touchscreen, the vehicle merges into Beijing's dense traffic, navigating buses, cyclists, scooters and pedestrians with little hesitation.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Still, several African governments -- including Nigeria, Malawi, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique -- have organised voluntary repatriation flights and buses for their citizens.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
When Bobby determined, or at least believed, that he was no longer being followed or pursued, he began to freely wander the city, taking trams and buses to various destinations.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Long before cars were common and busses were running, residents still got around on the backs of their horse carts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“What moderates are worried about is not just the ideas that he has run on like free busses and, you know, grocery stores, that kind of thing,” Bennett said.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
They have often targeted busses travelling to and from the capital.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
He said the elderly were evacuated on busses to hotels or other care facilities.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Where my mother changed busses she'd gone into a store and bought him a trowel and four packets of seeds.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
After evacuating the plane, the passengers were bused back to the terminal as emergency crews responded to the scene, DIA said.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
A spokesperson for United said in an email statement all passengers exited the plane via slides and stairs, and were bused to the airport terminals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
When soldiers are returned to Russia, they are bused from Belarus, bordering Russia and Ukraine, where most exchanges occur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Olympics as an example: Spectators and athletes were bused down reserved lanes on empty roads in an unprecedented two-week traffic holiday.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
And the white kids from the Flats, dishonor students, got bused in from the other direction.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
“Sound of Freedom” had church groups busing to theaters to watch the movie in hordes.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Working long hours doing a bit of everything—right down to busing tables—Meyer ate one at the end of almost every lunch shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Providing this busing was one of many elements considered in the complex project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Daryl, 42, a self-described conservative, lived in several Southern communities as a child, including Charlotte, North Carolina, in the mid-1980s as the city wrestled with its court-ordered school busing program.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
Whitney Young was named for a civil rights activist and had been opened in 1975 as a positive-minded alternative to busing.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
So, I would spend summers being bussed out or sleeping out at cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles’ houses to work on the farm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Instead she was bussed over the border from Belarus into Lithuania with 51 other political prisoners.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Instead, they were taken by military plane directly to Panama, did not go through customs upon arrival and were immediately detained in the hotel until they were bussed to the camp.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2025
She bussed tables at age 12, before education powered her to a career as a lawyer and entrepreneur, who started a company while still in her 20s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
Ignatius bent down and lightly bussed her on the cheek.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
For much of the week, Lira is either in the kitchen working as a prep cook or in the dining room bussing tables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
And there's a guy bussing the table, like a late 30s guy.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
In another Texan border city, Laredo, the manager of a community centre described to the BBC how border agents were bussing migrants and asylum centres because they were "overwhelmed".
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
In recent months, security forces began removing some migrants from the city, bussing them elsewhere and, migrants say, dumping some of them in the desert.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
I even like bussing tables in the restaurant, chatting with guests when I have a chance, and swapping stories with my coworkers.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
