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- noun Plural form of
hovercar .
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Examples
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Meanwhile, there are things I might be in the market for (e.g. hovercars or sexbots) that I never see advertised at all.
The Most Annoying Things About Sports Broadcasts | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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The specifics change, from hovercars and ray guns to genetic engineering and cyberspace, but at the center of every science fiction story there†™ s something alive, something human.
365 tomorrows » Kathy Kachelries : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Already, the whine of hovercars taking off came from behind.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Before the sneak suit covered her face, Aya glimpsed its sourcea pair of hovercars passing slowly overhead.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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But standing on it, Tally could see air vents, antennae, maintenance hatchways, and of course the big circular door that the hovercars had come through, now closed.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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They waited patiently in a ring around the building while their numbers increased, more hovercars landing every minute.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Tally spotted the flashing yellow lights of the emergency bay, but pulled off the river before they reached it, climbing the bank slowly She brought the board to rest in the shelter of a rack of empty ambulances, the hovercars stacked three high in their giant metal frame, apparently awaiting some major disaster.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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The familiar feeds were all missing, but a few signals hovered at the edge of her vision: an unrecognizable language from some passing city, fragments of the hovercars interface beneath layers of security.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Or they will be nice and give us hovercars, teleporters, and replicators.
If the Earth is Rare, We May Not Hear from ET | Universe Today 2010
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Tally had to drag them into the trees to hide from hovercars again, down among a shimmering cloud of butterflies whose radiant orange wings were bigger than Ayas hands.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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