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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bus: alternative spelling of bused.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of buss.

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Examples

  • For it to be this close, it sounds to me like it's entirely possible that people were bussed from the safe liberal districts to vote in the 8th.

    Sound Politics: Reichert maintains lead 2006

  • John and Angelos: the last report I heard about the Astrodome is not that they are simply turning away homeless, they are turning away everyone who is not being bussed from the Superdome, which they are still trying to evacuate.

    More than a tragedy — a scandal « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Arriving in the Guadalajara airport, you're bussed from the plane to the terminal, and all international flights go through customs.

    Traveling in Mexico by car, plane, bus and taxi 1998

  • Arriving in the Guadalajara airport, you're bussed from the plane to the terminal, and all international flights go through customs.

    Traveling in Mexico by car, plane, bus and taxi 1998

  • The idea is that children would be 'bussed' across the city to an area they do not know, for social engineering objectives - when the school of their choice is next door to where they live.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • The idea is that children would be 'bussed' across the city to an area they do not know, for social engineering objectives - when the school of their choice is next door to where they live.

    Blog Power. Glyn Davies 2007

  • Maybe the term "bussed" was a misnomer, as it sounds too organzied, but ...

    blogTO 2010

  • Japan has even 'bussed' artistes in Japan before they were stars in Jamaica.

    Consul-At-Arms 2008

  • I waded through snow to the summit's small church, a shrine to St. Patrick, and reflected on the thousands of miles I'd flown, bussed, trained and climbed to get here.

    Patty Hodapp: 2,507 Feet Above Ireland: A St. Paddy's Climb up Croagh Patrick Patty Hodapp 2011

  • “Why don't you guys come back to my apartment?” she asked when they had bussed their dishes and were ready to leave.

    One of Us Con Chapman 2011

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