motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmō-tər-ˌkād 
: a procession of motor vehicles
motorcade
intransitive verb
Examples of motorcade in a Sentence
the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines
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The three entered the awaiting motorcade that will take them to the Capitol for the inauguration ceremony.
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
At the time, Joe Biden was president, and the couple traveled in a massive 30-vehicle motorcade that included a Secret Service counter assault team, an ambulance, a communications team and a bomb squad.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
As celebratory crowds swarmed Mr. Mondlane’s motorcade in Maputo on Thursday, witnesses say the police, with little provocation, responded with tear gas and bullets, leaving at least one man dead on the sidewalk with blood gushing from his head.
—Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter’s service is taking place at D.C.’s Washington National Cathedral, the culmination of a six-day state funeral that began on Jan. 4 as a motorcade made its way through Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
At the time, Joe Biden was president, and the couple traveled in a massive 30-vehicle motorcade that included a Secret Service counter assault team, an ambulance, a communications team and a bomb squad.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
As celebratory crowds swarmed Mr. Mondlane’s motorcade in Maputo on Thursday, witnesses say the police, with little provocation, responded with tear gas and bullets, leaving at least one man dead on the sidewalk with blood gushing from his head.
—Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter’s service is taking place at D.C.’s Washington National Cathedral, the culmination of a six-day state funeral that began on Jan. 4 as a motorcade made its way through Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād
: a parade of motor vehicles
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