moving van
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of moving van
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Later that year on Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, a white moving van.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
A woman who died after falling from a moving van in Wakefield has been named by police as 27-year-old Leah Senior.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024
The bartender recalled a time when he was moving to a new apartment right after receiving his driver’s license; he was nervous to drive the large moving van, so Yeager offered to drive for him.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
In 1981, Carol J. Levin and her best friend Gayle McDougall-Treacy drove to Seattle from Chicago together — leaving their husbands Steve and Dan behind with the moving van.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
As the moving van exited the freeway and rattled past the baseball stadium, Emily tried to focus on the positive: Book Scavenger!
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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