- present participle of motor.
motoring
Americannoun
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As you’re motoring away on your time off this summer, perhaps even driving over that very “Grapevine” on the I-5, here’s some backstory drama for you to take along in the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
It’s like a Brigadoon of the state’s motoring past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But a rival motoring group, the upstart American Automobile Association, feared that a race on open roads would tarnish the industry’s already-poor record on safety, and lobbied against it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The driver of the other vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of a number of motoring offences.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Soon, however, we were motoring down the village high street, and then the shops had gone and we found ourselves in open country.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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