carpool
Americannoun
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carpools
plural
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Also carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
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those included in such an arrangement.
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Motherhood used to be filled with transactional relationships—the neighborhood mom you would carpool with but didn’t necessarily invite over to dinner; the mom of your kid’s friend who kept to herself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Seated on the overpass on a swelteringly hot day, the 32-year-old said he picked his particular strip of sidewalk for the shade it gets from the elevated 110 Freeway carpool lane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Most parents lose sleep over the amount of piecemeal work required to cobble together a summer schedule; very few relish the planning and spreadsheets and carpool rota involved in keeping their kids safe and occupied.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Canton waved, kept walking, passed Mr. Johnson moving the carpool line along.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
There were whistles, Signal chats, legal observers, carpools, rent funds, and grocery deliveries.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Anna carpools with him too, and Tom joins Max for a few drinks at a local bar.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
They are the Chinese equivalent of suburban Americans who buy rugged SUVs for their carpools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
The evening peak period will go an hour later, so three-person carpools are required to enter the I-405 toll lanes for free on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Most are about boring things like carpools and dinners and dance rehearsals.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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