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bus

[buhs] / bʌs /
VERB
transport
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So what next for Paddy and the bus boat?

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

An unholy mashup of a waiting room and a bus, the people mover is slow, uncomfortable, and offensive to the eye.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The state is reluctant to fill the void left by federal funding after a series of bankruptcies and cancellations left only one truck maker and one bus maker selling hydrogen vehicles in North America.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

He had traveled to New York by bus from Atlanta about 10 days before the crime, US prosecutors said.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

But they wouldn’t be going by bus, train, or boat.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"Disabled people need to get to work and need to live their life as well," he added, describing buses as a "lifeline" particularly for those in community who cannot drive.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

There were about 20 times more EV trucks and buses on the road than hydrogen ones at the end of last year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

They ride campus buses without paying a fare.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Tickets were being accepted on alternative Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services with rail replacement buses arranged for travel to Lewes and to Haywards Heath.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“I don’t think the buses are a good idea.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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

Local media pictures showed long queues of busses heading to the Torkham crossing where thousands of people waited for clearance and would likely spend night in open as the crossing closes at 9pm.

From Reuters Nov. 1, 2023

No busses to get on or traveling to do.

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

But by far the largest number of third-country deportees are being quietly sent to Mexico, where they are quickly bused to smaller cities thousands of miles south of the U.S. border.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

Once they were registered, the families with their bags and their pets were bused to Lozova station, to board a long train heading for Lviv in western Ukraine.

From BBC Feb. 24, 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

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

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

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

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

Evacuees from surrounding villages were bussed in to shelter in sports halls around the capital.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

When we were done, we bussed our own tables and sorted our garbage from our recycling.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

He also says students are bussed between different sites to avoid inspections.

From BBC Dec. 11, 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

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

At times, Kansteiner says, she’ll find Velador in the dining room bussing tables to help because she knows the restaurant’s staff is overwhelmed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 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

“I’ve only played three games. It’s kind of crazy. Come back from not going to training camp and bussing kids around?”

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2023

The schools are free but don’t provide bussing.

From Seattle Times Jun. 11, 2022

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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