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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
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The main ranch house harbored a Native American rug collection and baskets and works by painters Edward Borein and Charles Marion Russell.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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After De La Salle opened the third quarter with a 13-5 surge to cut a 10-point halftime deficit down to two, Rice settled things down for the Vikings with an inside basket.Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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The medicine recall comes shortly after the wholesaler recalled more than 10,000 cartons organic eggs over salmonella concerns.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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The blue carton of ice cream featured with her photo from the single's cover art printed on it.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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The five-month-old gorilla was discovered in a crate on a flight from Nigeria and was destined for Bangkok, Thailand.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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After the match, Rhodes and Owens brawled on a production crate, leading to Rhodes spearing Owens through a table.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Windsor, part of the state’s Fourth Congressional District, is situated on Colorado’s agricultural northern plains, and the bar was housed in a massive metal grain bin.Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some lay them flat, others hang them up, and the last set tosses them into a bin.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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Before the trip home, the former president was memorialized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday morning before Special Air Mission 39 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland took his casket on its final journey.Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
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Today’s Schedule 12 minutes ago President Carter’s casket will begin the day in the U.S. Capitol rotunda and end in a burial plot beside Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Ga.Kyler Alvord, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Cut an inch away from the trunk, and be careful not to cut the trunk itself.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
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Those trunks carry jerseys, helmets, toiletries, winter gear and ... candy.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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There's even a sloping slate roof above the lockers and artificial lead guttering above that.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt sits in front of his locker, smiling and laughing through the final grind of a demanding season.Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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