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caravan

[kar-uh-van] / ˈkær əˌvæn /


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In an undeveloped eastern part of the city, the caravan turned off the pavement and bumped along a dirt road to an opening in the Joshua trees where a broken-down recreational vehicle came into view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

On their journey, however, they saw a caravan of cars - and spotted Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight in one of the vehicles.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Since April, sites in Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and elsewhere have been transformed into caravan parks without permission.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

They argued that would mean "anyone who wants to live on land in a caravan must always get permission first".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I was even angry that we had to bribe a caravan guard to let us leave with the body and return without it.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

People also distributed hand-drawn maps for caravans to follow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That deadline passed in July last year, with many of the caravans and infrastructure still on the site.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

BBC analysis of data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government found councils across England reported 73% more unauthorised traveller caravans in January 2026 compared to January 2020.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In July 2019, councils across England counted 23,636 traveller caravans.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

“There isn’t any why. It’s just the way they do things. That’s why so many Cealdish caravans are husband- wife teams.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“They met in a parking lot and they caravanned to a church on a Sunday morning when people were worshipping.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

We caravanned up to Massachusetts and I cried in bursts for much of the drive, especially when we passed minivans encrusted with bike racks full of little, brightly colored bikes.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022

Cesar was there along with a contingent that had caravanned from the Willis Avenue Bridge.

From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021

Carnell’s mother, MaryJo Peacock, said she believed her daughter and Koslosky had caravanned in multiple cars with coaches and other players to that summer’s California tournament.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2020

We caravanned to Kerry’s hometown with a bunch of people, squeezing into a car with Henry and Willow, who was so pregnant the seat belt wouldn’t fit over her bump.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

As the rising sun spat fiery fuchsia across the sky, three companions and I caravaned to an unmarked trailhead near the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

They caravaned to the Swiss border, then Montemaggi and two of the men entered the woods.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

She became so close with her classmates that two years later, when the program was finished, the group of aspiring filmmakers caravaned across the country to move to L.A. together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2018

As the family caravaned to Harvard, Pam Ogletree tugged her husband’s Martha’s Vineyard baseball cap off his head and looked him over.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2017

Others started to get into it as we caravaned past the Villas at Versailles.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

Highway capacity will be increased by a factor of four by caravaning.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2018

He built an empire based on caravaning — that’s what Australians call the popular pastime — and then invested in cycling, thoroughbreds, wine, soccer, basketball, technology and art.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018

Yet this week the New Jersey governor was in a relative wilderness, caravaning along the slushy roads of eastern Iowa and sporting a different pin on his suit jacket: the Iowa state flag.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2015

Yeah, caravaning is inherently silly, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying the British countryside.

From The Guardian ● May 17, 2012

Our only real disappointment is that caravaning makes you so tired that there is no chance of cricket, for we brought cricket things with us, but have never been able to use them.

From The Slowcoach by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

Edwardian author Kenneth Grahame's story of boating, caravanning and picnicking and the hi-jinks of a cross-dressing amphibian is also an ode to the English landscape.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

He said he hadn’t seen candidates caravanning around the city in the usual fashion or even banners advertising candidacies.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

The global market for camping and caravanning is expected to grow 6.6 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to Research and Markets.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

Most post-apocalyptic fiction offers hope in some form, whether it’s the caravanning Shakespeare companies of Station Eleven or the new family the son finds in The Road.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2020

And truly speaking, apart from that “terrible hill” which, day after day, seems ever on ahead of us, but which we always manage to surmount, caravanning in summer has but few drawbacks.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables




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