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Recent Examples of handbasket
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
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NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbasket
Noun
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Acrophobics take note: This quirky cable car carries passengers, two at a time, in open or closed metal baskets that are not for the faint of heart.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
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On the interior, Olen recruited players who could shoot 3s and pull opposing big men away from the basket.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Further, the Locus solution optimizes the size of the cartons used on a bot.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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McDonald’s sells over 200 million cartons a year, so this change effectively removed and continues to remove over a billion empty calories from the American diet every year.—
Seth Goldman,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One of the couple's three dogs was found dead in a crate about 10 to 15 feet from Arakawa's body, officials said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2025
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It was found dead in a crate in a bathroom closet near Arakawa's body, while two other dogs survived.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Keep in Mind One of the clear bins arrived chipped and the price seems high for a metal system.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
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One renter in a one-bedroom in a pricey new Carroll Street building stuffed the vestibule outside her apartment with a shelving system to contain dozens of shoes and a foam roller, while lining the stairwell leading to the roof with a tower of plastic bins and suitcases, a folding chair, and bags.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But what struck some guests as odd was the open casket.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Egyptian mediators assisted in the delivery of the caskets.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Close on either side were eerie woods flooded with shallow swamp water, the trees’ shaggy trunks festooned with air plants and the occasional ghost orchid.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
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Aleksi drops his trunks underneath the water… and Laurie drunkenly pulls off her top!—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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They’re gone now, their lockers empty and their promise still untapped.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Players routinely leave their cell phones at their lockers to charge between trips to the field, the restroom, the gym, or the cafeteria.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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