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caravan

[kar-uh-van] / ˈkær əˌvæn /


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On that 1848 trip, Mason walked 1,700 miles alongside a 300-wagon caravan over months, The Times previously reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

His dad, a caravan repairman, and his older brother ran half a mile and arrived just as Mark was being loaded into an ambulance.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

It had permission for one static and one touring caravan but building work took place between around 2018 and 2022.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

"You were the bird in the witch's caravan," he told the woman.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The summer count of caravans, carried out each July, saw a 44% rise between 2019 and 2025, from 3,113 to 4,471.

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

He said not enough new sites for caravans were approved, and planning applications from Gypsies and travellers were stopped "dead in their tracks".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

We pass shipping containers, caravans, metal huts with awnings, tents and a handful of concrete buildings.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

The next day, demonstrators caravanned to the fort’s front gate and set up camp.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

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

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

I've felt you and your calm in our caravaning.

From Foes by Mary Johnston

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

Jane Chesson runs a small camping, caravanning and glamping site, Greenway Touring and Glamping, in Shropshire.

From BBC ● May 21, 2020

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

But here let me say that caravanning for health and pleasure had better not be undertaken with a single carriage, however well horsed.

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


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