tram

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Recent Examples of tram 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 The resort has 10 lifts, including the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, which opened in 1938 and is North America’s first and oldest aerial tram. Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024 His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides. Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024 Continue to False Cape State Park, a more remote and rugged area only accessible by foot, bike, or open-air tram through Back Bay. AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tram 
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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
  • Along with an uncharacteristically loud sport exhaust, these performance upgrades to the pedestrian V60 transformed it into a standout hot wagon.
    Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The members learned firefighting techniques, raised money for hoses and a pump wagon and bought protective equipment.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The sight of an L.A. County Fire Department truck lifted her spirits.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The truck emitted absolutely nothing but water vapor from its tailpipe.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sandoz wheeled a roughly 250-pound condensing unit into place on a hand truck with the grace of a ballroom dancer.
    Andrew Ford, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
  • With the load going up to 50.5 kilograms--or more than 111 pounds--the buckets were dispensed with and a hand truck with a pneumatic platform loaded with steel plates was rolled onto the floor.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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
  • 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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“Tram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tram. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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