First recorded in 1955–60
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Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
And it was evident when a dune buggy then screeched onto the field carrying Butch T. Cougar and Benny Beaver, who disembarked carrying the other school’s flag.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
I jump into a dune buggy driven by Levav Weinberg - an apple farmer in the northern-most Israeli town of Metula.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
Suddenly, a smaller vehicle — a 1960s Meyers Manx original dune buggy — zips through the sliver of open road and stops in front of the Warhol car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
The last three flights carried a dune buggy, the Lunar Rover, a lightweight battery-powered car that enabled the astronauts to travel several miles from their point of landing.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
He has three top 10 finishes in eight starts after missing eight races because of his back rehabilitation following a dune-buggy accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2016
That's about where things stand as a substitute driver for Tony Stewart, out indefinitely after breaking his back in a dune-buggy accident Jan. 31 in the Southwest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2016
Scharf partly blames dune-buggy drivers who careen through nesting grounds, plus harmful human discards like pop-top beer-can rings, which can injure hungry gulls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jon Heder stars in the titular role, a carrot-topped oddball with a decidedly eccentric family that includes his llama-loving, dune-buggy enthusiast grandmother.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are also motorcycle and dune-buggy trails, the usual selection of Ping Pong and parlor games.
From Time Magazine Archive
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