hand truck

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Recent Examples of hand truck Note that the top platform fits to the curving back of the hand truck by means of two quick cuts at 45-degrees that remove the back corners of the platform. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 At a Whole Foods in Jericho, Mr. Stepanian, a scruffy 36-year-old with piercing blue eyes, wheeled a hand truck through the labyrinthine corridors of the store’s backstage like a junkman of old, stopping at Produce and Dairy and Prepared Foods and calling out greetings to familiar faces. Stephanie Keith, New York Times, 21 May 2021 This allows a snug fit to the hand truck’s curving back brace. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 The hand truck cart has room for a circular saw, an impact driver, fasteners, accessories, a nail apron and hammer. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hand truck 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand truck
Noun
  • The resulting riots saw police cars, buses, and trams set on fire and widespread looting across the city.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • London’s health care system and robust public transportation options, such as trains, trams, buses, and ferries, make up for its expensive living costs.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The night before, two trucks from Miami had pulled up to his loading dock with dozens of pallets stacked with flower boxes.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • His interests range from pickup trucks to supercars, commuter ...
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • An Iowa man is hoping his speedy wheelbarrow drive will result in an official Guinness World Record.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Bianca and Jade won with their wheelbarrow double-team finish.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • It was passed in 1938 after New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia cracked down on street vendors, banishing forever the pushcarts made famous in photos of the old Lower East Side.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Some go door to door with pushcarts, offering to take or even buy unwanted electronics.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The next day, the ladies are getting glam for their photo shoot, and the ladies are in their respective wagons, catching up.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In the bottom frame, children sitting in wagons are guarded by cavalry soldiers with guns.
    Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • María was not earning nearly enough at the cookie factory, and Mercedes was risking fines for selling coffee from a cart on the street in downtown Brooklyn.
    Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Watson walked off with his arms around two staff members, entered the medical tent and later rode a cart into the locker room with his head in hand.
    Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.

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