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chauffeur

[shoh-fer, shoh-fur] / ˈʃoʊ fər, ʃoʊˈfɜr /
NOUN
driver
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True crime and mystery: As with Raymond Chandler, you don’t read “Shadow Ticket” expecting to find out who killed the chauffeur.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Done up in a luscious dark-red paint scheme, it has a removable roof over the front seats, putting your chauffeur out in the elements while you sit in back, away from prying eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

The temporary chauffeur, freshly hired by New England, was named Josh McDaniels.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Nevertheless, the unseen chauffeur cues “Billie Jean” again on the stereo.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

Behind him was the chauffeur carrying a basket of champagne.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

He chauffeurs them around in a rental minivan.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

John Lennon, who in life was such a terrible driver that he hired chauffeurs for the safety of those around him, is in command of the main spaceship.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2023

Once again, it was the chauffeurs who took the rap.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2022

Stylists, catering companies, party planners, chauffeurs, banquet workers, florists and spray tanners count on the show to generate a significant part of their winter income.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2022

She and her aunt picked their way across the cobblestones, avoiding the horses with their brisk clippity clops and the boxy black cars with chauffeurs in patent-brimmed caps.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

People Magazine published a video of Dunham, who created the series Girls, being chauffeured through Manhattan in a black SUV.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

It only survived after a computer with the last known copy of the movie was strapped into the back seat of a Volvo station wagon and chauffeured to Pixar Animation Studios.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

A videographer captured Moore throwing $20 bills in the air as he walked through a flower arch and then leaving for prom in a chauffeured Bentley.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Many new branded schemes feature private members' clubs, wellness facilities and exclusive services - from chauffeured cars and yacht access, to private jet partnerships.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2026

It was a. chauffeured Lexus, like the kind I always saw driving around Manhattan.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Before long, he was driving 200 miles a week chauffeuring beans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

To Los Angeles City Council members searching desperately for cuts amid a budget crisis, the Fire Department’s emergency incident technicians are “drivers” whose main role is chauffeuring battalion chiefs to emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2025

They are thankful to American Airlines for getting them here and assisting them by chauffeuring them from hospital to hospital in search of their son.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2023

The technology went from a perpetual “six months away” to chauffeuring masses of riders this year as both companies gathered experience in pilot cities and used that knowledge to expand to others.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2023

“More money in chauffeuring and dog-sitting,” she mumbled.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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