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Recent Examples of landau
The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
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Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
—Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2010
Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
—Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landau
Noun
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2022
Noun
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If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2023
Noun
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The body shell, fenders, and low-slung doors were hung on a ladder-type frame, primitive compared to the unibody MGB roadster that debuted in 1962.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
29 Aug. 2025
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Musk took then-California governor Schwarzenegger for a test ride in the prototype roadster.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 Aug. 2021
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The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.—
Dan Neil,
WSJ,
31 Aug. 2017
Noun
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Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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One such example can be found in the Latin mythological text Fabulae, in which the sisters of Phaethon are transformed into poplar trees as punishment for yoking his chariot without their father’s permission.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Roadster will allegedly weigh in at 895kg, while the coupe will be 995kg – incredible when the MG Cyberster is around 2,000kg.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The auction house expects the coupe to fetch between $40,000 and $60,000.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This one can be rearranged to suit any living room layout, and the chaise ottomans open to reveal storage underneath.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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Ksamil Beach 7 is lined with chaise loungers available for rent, while Bora Bora Beach, a calm and small inlet, is especially popular with families.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay.—
Brenda Yenke,
cleveland.com,
7 Feb. 2018
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“Landau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landau. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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