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President Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963, after being shot while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
The presidential motorcade remained on the apron in the corners instead of taking to the high-banked turns.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Some witnesses, including law enforcement officers, reported hearing shots from the front of Kennedy's motorcade, contradicting the government's lone-gunman conclusion.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Kennedy was fatally shot in downtown Dallas as his motorcade passed in front of the Texas School Book Depository building, where 24-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
The presidential motorcade remained on the apron in the corners instead of taking to the high-banked turns.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Some witnesses, including law enforcement officers, reported hearing shots from the front of Kennedy's motorcade, contradicting the government's lone-gunman conclusion.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Kennedy was fatally shot in downtown Dallas as his motorcade passed in front of the Texas School Book Depository building, where 24-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcade
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Relying on existing satellite navigation signals would offload some of the demand for these ground stations and perhaps reduce the need for a dedicated fleet of navigation satellites in lunar orbit.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kirby added that, out an abundance of caution, the district's mechanic teams re-inspected all the buses in the fleet Thursday.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The convoy’s passengers suit up, adding tactical vests over their clothes, ski masks over their heads.—
David Culver,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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In 2007, its director visited Baghdad to assist with a program there; as his convoy passed through the city, security contractors hired by the private military firm Blackwater opened fire on approaching cars, killing seventeen Iraqi civilians.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Israel on Wednesday to pay their respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young sons as their funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in the south of the country.—
Max Butterworth,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nasrallah was laid to rest Sunday in Beirut after the funeral procession, while Safieddine will be buried in his hometown in southern Lebanon.—
BASSEM MROUE,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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This planetary parade will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn lining up in the evening sky.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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The best time to view the planetary parade is just after sunset.—
Jenna deJong,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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