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Recent Examples of jitney
Batangas is a tough place to run: The roads don’t have shoulders; there are dogs everywhere; jitneys screech by.
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Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
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Jay R. Jordan,
Chron,
17 May 2022
Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.
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Roger Simmons,
orlandosentinel.com,
1 Oct. 2021
Simon Berry started a jitney service that catered to Greenwood's Black community, who were barred from using White taxi services.
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Jazmin Goodwin,
CNN,
16 May 2021
The seed for Lyft was planted when Logan Green, a California university student, saw jitney buses picking up passengers in Zimbabwe.
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Daniel Yergin,
WSJ,
23 Apr. 2021
Sharon Kay Penman was born on Aug. 13, 1945, in New York City and raised in Atlantic City, where her father, William J. Penman, waited tables and drove a jitney.
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Clay Risen,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 Jan. 2021
On July 20, 1916, The Chronicle ran an editorial supporting a jitney bus ban from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.
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Bill Van Niekerken,
SFChronicle.com,
15 Jan. 2020
Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
—
Jay R. Jordan,
Chron,
17 May 2022
Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.
—
Roger Simmons,
orlandosentinel.com,
1 Oct. 2021
Simon Berry started a jitney service that catered to Greenwood's Black community, who were barred from using White taxi services.
—
Jazmin Goodwin,
CNN,
16 May 2021
The seed for Lyft was planted when Logan Green, a California university student, saw jitney buses picking up passengers in Zimbabwe.
—
Daniel Yergin,
WSJ,
23 Apr. 2021
Sharon Kay Penman was born on Aug. 13, 1945, in New York City and raised in Atlantic City, where her father, William J. Penman, waited tables and drove a jitney.
—
Clay Risen,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 Jan. 2021
On July 20, 1916, The Chronicle ran an editorial supporting a jitney bus ban from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.
—
Bill Van Niekerken,
SFChronicle.com,
15 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitney
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The lucky break allowed Kevin to quit his job as a bus driver.
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Including tanks and spacecraft buses, the full payload would total more than 436 tons in geosynchronous orbit.
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Matt Miller, the ESPN NFL Draft analyst who shared last month on social media that his left arm was amputated following an automobile accident in southern Missouri, reportedly is being investigated by the state attorney general.
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This evolution has already occurred in sectors such as automobiles, batteries, telecommunications, and consumer electronics.
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Other changes cover self-driving car citations, school cellphone bans, all-gender restrooms and standardized food date labels.
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Its biggest change is the introduction of the BMW i3, a fully electric version of the car.
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Russian drones also hit a passenger minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three and wounding six, including a child, Zelensky said on social media.
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About half an hour later, a minibus with Moldovan license plates slammed into a truck that stopped on the highway following the first accident.
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With that out the way…The Model Y L is aimed at the three-row SUV and minivan segment, where buyers prioritize passenger capacity.
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The minivan’s driver was taken to a hospital with major injuries.
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Lucky for people living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, there are plenty of free things to do with fathers this upcoming weekend from free swimming to a classic motorcar gathering and surprising activities in between.
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The City, for example, includes the German President Paul von Hindenburg, passing by in a motorcar, as well as circus folk and Roma and a regal Turkish mousetrap salesman who might have been painted by Goya.
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The memo also addressed aftermarket auto parts and would supersede the ability of the California Air Resources Board to evaluate parts that affect vehicle emissions.
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The Steering Column is a weekly consumer auto column from Cox Automotive.
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Only one is from a power conference and most of the others have played musical coaches in the hope of finally playing beyond the regular season.
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Electing to keep his No 5 on the field, the Brazil head coach made a subtle tactical tweak that saw Endrick enter the action and brought Matheus Cunha further to the left flank — which unlocked the attacking prowess of Vinicius Junior.
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“Jitney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jitney. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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