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bus

[buhs] / bʌs /
VERB
transport
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Multiple outlets have reported that the individual killed was the driver of the bus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“When schools are destroyed, when bus shelters are targeted, when transport is attacked, we seek the civil liability of the parents,” Darmanin told local radio station RTL.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I've been travelling for three hours... to get to work," said Tetiana Osypenko, a 49-year-old seamstress whose bus was stuck in a traffic jam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Outside Wandsworth Prison in London, former bus driver Michael Bogle was adamant he would not return to the Victorian-era facility - describing the conditions as "awful".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

His mind went straight for the memory of the moving shadows on the bus.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

We ditched our car in 2020, using bicycles and city buses for most of our getting-about, renting cars occasionally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

There have been issues with buses for athletes not running when they should, not turning up at all or going to the wrong venues.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Thomas Letcavage, the man known as “Juice,” brought four buses filled with 160 Chesney fans to watch their friend cook the Terrapins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Some politicians have pushed to specifically fine so-called "headphone dodgers" - people who play loud music and videos - across all public transport, including buses, with fines of up to £1,000.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

As the great crowd dispersed, marchers and visitors scrambled to find taxis, buses, cars, trains and planes so they could get out of town before nightfall.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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

Before long, her Instagram page was filled with photos from Wimbledon and double-decker busses.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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

Most of the Afghan nationals were brought to the centers in rickety busses, some of them handcuffed.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

“Wait. The busses aren’t owned by the school?”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

In August 2024, Novo Nordisk bused its employees to the sprawling Roskilde fairgrounds outside Copenhagen for its annual summer party.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

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

King/Drew walked four blocks to a practice field in the spring and summer and had to wait between 4 to 5 p.m. to be bused to a practice field during the season, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

Immigration agents caught him and bused him to Tapachula.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

“Sound of Freedom” had church groups busing to theaters to watch the movie in hordes.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

The dispute over busing divided the city, and was especially opposed in the San Fernando Valley, where Docter lived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

White enrollment was 55% in 1963 — when the first school desegregation suit was filed — and 37% white in 1976 as the busing dispute peaked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Instead, the city is busing students to schools that have extra space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

He had been a superintendent for a number of rural school districts in Mississippi, where he had spent his life forming busing systems and magnet schools to better integrate the black and white students.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The Pakistan team were bussed to the wrong arena for their game with Uzbekistan the same day, delaying the start of their match by 45 minutes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

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, 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

Mari and Yolanda served tables while other friends and family bussed or ran food or prepared drinks for guests.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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

That money's up to over $100 million today, but the point is that with all of the negotiations, all that prospecting, the guy that was bussing the table had the most money in the room.

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

Riverside also is bussing kids in who were displaced to another district — over 30 miles from the Central Valley School District, over 15 miles from Mead and from Deer Park.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 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




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