SUV
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Examples from the Web for suv
Contemporary Examples
The preacher gave sheriff deputies permission to search his SUV but warned them “there was something bad” inside.
In 2002, he was arrested for reckless driving after swerving his SUV off the highway.
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Cianci spent the last several days campaigning in the Buddy-Mobile, an SUV plastered with posters of himself.
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He was then trundled into what he says was either a minivan or an SUV.
Ware goes to help a customer lift several giant boxes of furniture into the back of her SUV.
Historical Examples
Cos, you know, they're fond o' changing their suv'rins, and—you aint!
The Sketches of Seymour (Illustrated), Part 1.Robert Seymour
SUV
- sport (or sports) utility vehicle
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Word Origin and History for suv
SUV
by 1988, abbreviation of sport/utility vehicle (itself attested from 1982).
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