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Recent Examples of sport-utility vehicle
The compact sport utility vehicle wasn’t well-received, notably because of its sub-standard range and without the manufacturer’s usual overall versatile appeal.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles slammed into each other on Saturday night in Cooke County when the driver of one passed a third vehicle, killing a couple and their young son, authorities said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
The robbers fled in a sport-utility vehicle in an unknown direction, police said.
—Lou Kleinberg, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
For the Tesla Model Y (sport-utility vehicle), this translates into a potential driving range extension of nearly 90 miles (about 145 km) without increasing the battery pack’s size.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
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James Raia, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles slammed into each other on Saturday night in Cooke County when the driver of one passed a third vehicle, killing a couple and their young son, authorities said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
The robbers fled in a sport-utility vehicle in an unknown direction, police said.
—Lou Kleinberg, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
For the Tesla Model Y (sport-utility vehicle), this translates into a potential driving range extension of nearly 90 miles (about 145 km) without increasing the battery pack’s size.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sport-utility vehicle
Noun
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Some of the plastics in the Trax’s interior are a little low-end, but this isn’t a luxury SUV or a flashy sports car.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
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The message was accompanied by more than a half dozen photos of Patel, including ones of him standing beside an antique sports car and another with a cigar in his mouth.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Days unfold through a series of private visits, backed by a luxury town car for any spur-of-the-moment detours.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2026
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Jerry eventually sent an assistant back in a town car to quietly retrieve the soup anyway.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Causing malicious damage to a motor vehicle.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Last year, 69 bears were struck and killed by motor vehicles on Connecticut roads, leading to a high number of fatalities in younger bears.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Outside, my father was already chipping ice from the windshield of our rusted station wagon.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Everything—from the squat, one-story structure to the station wagon parked outside—had been coated in the same uneven layer of white paint, as if someone had tried, hurriedly, to erase it from the landscape.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The caller told dispatch workers that a white SUV was fleeing the scene.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Lucid announced late Friday that the company delivered 3,093 vehicles in the first quarter, noting that deliveries of the Lucid Gravity SUV were interrupted for 29 days because of a supplier quality issue with the second-row seats.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There isn’t much better than a minivan or a wagon in Grasso’s Garage, and this was no different.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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Kids and parents can go on wagon rides, fish or take a look through a 1900s one-room schoolhouse similar.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her departure only adds to the rebuilding job head coach Mark Campbell will need to do this off-season as TCU must replace Big 12 Player of the Year Olivia Miles and first team All-Big 12 forward Marta Suarez along with starting wing Taylor Bigby.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Head coach Dusty May of the Michigan Wolverines hoists the trophy after defeating the UConn Huskies 69-63 in the national championship of the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Even with membership discounts, refueling in Hong Kong cost 15% more than before the war for Jason Kan, an independent commercial consultant in the city who drives a compact hatchback.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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For the 2026 model year, Kia introduced a new hatchback variant, selling alongside the existing K4 sedan, serving as the modern replacement for the Kia Forte.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Sport-utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sport-utility%20vehicle. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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