Thesaurus results for AUTOMOBILED

automobiled

verb

past tense of automobile

as in drove

to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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drove

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The homeowner didn’t charge him rent, and the truck Buchanan drove was a gift, the woman told agents.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
An Australian data center operator’s profit warning drove its stock down as much as 44%, while dozens of large facilities have been blocked or delayed in the US this year by opposition from locals.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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