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convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi] / ˈkɒn vɔɪ, kənˈvɔɪ, ˈkɒn vɔɪ /
NOUN
guard, escort
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Latta ran to the window to see a convoy of more than a dozen 4x4s heading towards his farm.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

But a convoy operation is impractical with the blockade in full force, U.S. officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

On Friday, the convoy left the stadium just minutes after the body had been removed.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Now is the time to ‘end the economic war on Cuba,’ say Cuban Americans for Cuba, an emerging collective that joined the recent convoy to Havana.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Behind her waits a small convoy of vehicles packed with Amity—but not just Amity, because Abnegation, with their severe hairstyles and still mouths, are among them.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Often using artificial intelligence, they have targeted fuel trucks and military convoys on roads that link Russia to the Crimean Peninsula and to bases along the front line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

He suggested Ukraine's main objective was not only to strike the assets "important to Russia's image of grand power", but to disrupt key logistical convoys, command posts, and communication towers.

From BBC May 30, 2026

He says Britain survived Germany’s blockade in World War I because it began importing grain in multi-vessel convoys that were defended by warships and safely reached port over 99% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Last week's protests grew from slow-moving convoys on motorways and restricted access to Dublin's busiest streets, to a part blockade of Ireland's only oil refinery and restricted access to at least two other fuel depots.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

The two convoys were going in opposite directions, and Bors was alone.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2018

We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.

From Newsweek Mar. 1, 2015

Convoyed by 24 Mexican soldiers and police, the boxcars last month reached the Mexican border, where they were turned over to two Texas rangers, who convoyed them to Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“If something didn’t send an alarm signal that we needed to have serious assets or protection and convoying of our vessels in that area then I want to know why not.”

From The Guardian Jul. 21, 2019

By the time I reached San Clemente, there were four of us convoying at about 20 mph on the 5 to Oceanside.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2018

Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2015

Since U.S. warships joined British in convoying, his attacks on transatlantic convoys have also become more costly.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few days after, he received his expected orders to sail for Weymouth, previously to his convoying a fleet of Indiamen to the coast of China.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I by Reeve, Sophia




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