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Recent Examples of hansom
In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
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New York Times, 17 May 2022
New York Times, 17 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hansom
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Anil, a cab driver in the Indian capital of Delhi, died after his vehicle caught fire on Saturday, Jan. 18, local police said, according to the Indian Express, the Deccan Herald and the Deccan Chronicle.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Ao Tanaka and Joe Rothwell had 308 league minutes between them as Leeds drove away from Carrow Road on October 1 after a 1-1 draw against Norwich, with teenage rookie Charlie Crew the next cab off the rank.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2022
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Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 Aug. 2021
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The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.—
Dan Neil,
WSJ,
31 Aug. 2017
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The small asteroid, which is more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Dec. 2024
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The casting news comes after Disney+ released the first footage of the forthcoming episodes on Friday, which shows the titular hero taking the chariot reins in what promises to be an eventful season.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
10 Aug. 2024
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There’s also the option to add upgrades like a movable chaise, an ottoman, bolster pillows, and/or a sleep kit.—
Maria Conti,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Jan. 2025
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Made from weather-resistant materials, this chaise will last forever.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
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It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 May 2024
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Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
22 June 2023
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Two decades later, the U.S. government gave the Southern Pacific Railway a right-of-way to build its railroad straight through the Coachella Valley and Cahuilla territory, piggybacking off early stagecoach routes.—
Michael Albertus,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.—
Simon Webster,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.—
Danny McDonald,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 July 2018
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“Hansom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hansom. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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