black taxi
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Belfast black taxi driver Robert McAllister said that "all taxis should be in the bus lanes" except for Ubers.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
“The World Cup united the nation and there were remarkable scenes of black taxi drivers dancing with white supporters,” Mallett agrees, “but I remember thinking: ‘This is not the reality of South Africa.’
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2017
Fifty years ago Wednesday a black taxi driver in Newark, N.J., named John Smith was stopped shortly after dusk by two white police officers for a traffic violation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2017
In Meridian, a small city forty miles north, the undercover reporter asked a black taxi driver for a ride to Shubuta.
From Time ● May 3, 2016
Bystanders assumed, probably mistakenly, that the black taxi driver who was being arrested, was also being beaten by the arresting officer.
From The Black Experience in America by Coombs, Norman
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