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1 a : a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions; also : a train of pack animals
b : a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2 a : a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
Soup’s role already has diminished greatly at Campbell, which once displayed 325 antique tureens at its headquarters and drew caravans of trucks from South Jersey produce farms to a seven-story downtown factory.
The buses are chartered through a private company, and the caravan is not sponsored by the Howard County Public School System.
Dozens of onlookers watched in surprise as the massive law enforcement caravan converged on the store and followed the suspect inside.
Stay in anything from a caravan-style cabin on an organic farm in Tuscany ($43 per night) to a pet-friendly yurt in a Canadian park ($108 per night) or a rain forest treehouse with a swimming pool in Australia ($413 per night).
Sourcing for the kitchen fell under the purview of the kitchen manager, who sent notes three to four weeks ahead of the caravan to purveyors in the next city.
The caravan will depart at 8 a.m. and return at 8 p.m. March 11 to the senior center, 1400 Vale Terrace Drive.
She had been involved with tea party groups and had previously organized a pro-Trump march through her retirement community that included a caravan of dozens of golf carts.
Much of this took place before dawn, hours before the Eagles rolled up Broad in a caravan of green buses, amid bursts of green and white confetti, and adulation from fans clogging the sidewalks four and five deep.
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Italian caravana, from Persian kārvān
We caravaned to the campsite.
By the film's end, the ants caravan the confetti--a very human remain--down into holes in the earth.
Demonstrators and protestors were then planning to caravan 25 miles north to Murfreesboro for a second rally.
Many Louisville participants also plan to caravan to Frankfort to gather on the steps of the capitol from 7-9 p.m. to honor first responders and honor those who have died during a candle light vigil.
The Volkswagen community likes to caravan to other shows.
The next day, when the policy was scheduled to go into effect, dozens of drivers caravaned to Uber’s office in downtown Dallas and planted themselves outside until company officials met with them.
Maryland's Terps on Tour coaches caravan will kick off tonight at the Baltimore Aquarium.
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1885
: a group of people or animals traveling together on a long journey especially through the desert
: a group of vehicles (such as cars or wagons) traveling together
: to travel from one place to another in a group of vehicles
1 : a group (of people or animals) traveling together on a long journey
2 : a group of vehicles traveling together one behind the other
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