caravan
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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
For three magical summers between 1997 and 1999, the women’s festival known as Lilith Fair was a touring caravan of musicians, feminist activists and organizers that carried the message of women’s empowerment across North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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
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
Our caravan had dwindled down to a small band of vagrants.
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
A planning inspector ruled five caravans could stay across two plots, giving 16 months for the remaining caravans, hardstanding and part of a road to go.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the desert.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The caravans made their way to Vaes Dothrak from east and west not so much to sell to the Dothraki as to trade with each other, Ser Jorah had explained.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen caravanned from a government building to a business incubator, set to end her day at the president’s residence, spreading a message of mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa relations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
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
In the final days of campaigning, flag-waving supporters of President Trump caravanned in vehicles through the state’s largest metro area in Albuquerque and suburban Rio Rancho.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 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
I've felt you and your calm in our caravaning.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
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
Some scions of nobility are actually caravanning around somewhere, and I am often supposed to be one of them.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
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