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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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He was caught when a good Samaritan cab driver alerted authorities, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny said.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Fares depend on distance, and the cabs are usually best for shorter trips around town.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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While Ben-Hur is revered for its spectacular chariot race scene, Heston’s performance as the titular Judah Ben-Hur is also lauded as one of his best.Bryan Antunez, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2024
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The deadly chariot race, a nearly 15-minute-long tour de force of practical effects and daring stunts, is one of the best action sequences ever filmed (if not the best).James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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There are a couple of configuration options, but the wide chaise is perfect for sprawling out in front of your favorite movie.Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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This sofa not only pulls out into a bed, but the chaise cushion lifts up to store pillows, sheets, blankets, and more.Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 29 Oct. 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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Set in the early 18th century, a Sephardic Jewish family travels by stagecoach from their country home to New York City to their grandfather Luis’ large house.Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
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Also less than an hour from New York, this time by car or train, is the Bedford Post Inn which was built in 1762 and operated as a stagecoach stop between New York and Boston.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 22 Oct. 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 3 Dec. 2024.
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