as in pushcart
a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.
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Recent Examples of wheelbarrow
An Iowa man is hoping his speedy wheelbarrow drive will result in an official Guinness World Record.
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David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
Bianca and Jade won with their wheelbarrow double-team finish.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In addition, mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, so avoid letting water collect in old tires, wheelbarrows, wading pools, etc.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2024
Nebraska catcher Josh Caron (4) was the only other player the Mariners took in the top 10 rounds who wasn’t a college senior/grad student or a JUCO kid, all of whom will probably come in under slot to help give Sloan a wheelbarrow full of cash.
—Keith Law, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
Bianca and Jade won with their wheelbarrow double-team finish.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In addition, mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, so avoid letting water collect in old tires, wheelbarrows, wading pools, etc.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2024
Nebraska catcher Josh Caron (4) was the only other player the Mariners took in the top 10 rounds who wasn’t a college senior/grad student or a JUCO kid, all of whom will probably come in under slot to help give Sloan a wheelbarrow full of cash.
—Keith Law, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
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Like iconic Pacific Northwest coffee brand Starbucks, Dutch Bros also got its start in the uppermost region of the contiguous U.S., founded in 1992 by two brothers and a pushcart in Oregon.—
Sydney Cella,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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It was started in a pushcart on the Lower East Side by my grandfather, Harry Rothman.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
31 Jan. 2025
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By reframing warehousing as a space of innovation, where robots and optimization replace forklifts and trucks, the industry can attract a new generation of talent.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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As cream always rises to the top, this truck is one outstanding machine.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Nowadays Lisbon is experiencing something of a Renaissance with more than four million visitors annually attracted by the city’s eclectic mix of Roman, Islamic and European cultures as well as its historic ruins, trams, fado music, pasteis de nata and famous azulejos tiles.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Visitors will take Universal’s trams down to the back lot, where they will be invited to exit into the Courthouse Square set where the 1985 movie was filmed.—
Robert Niles,
Orange County Register,
4 Feb. 2025
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If these two weren't enough to show how fun wagons can be for dogs, there are plenty of other benefits.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The tiny seeds caught a ride in their seed bags as well as on their boots and clothes, and the invading grass took hold everywhere their horses’ hooves and wagon wheels tread.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Feb. 2025
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The No Boundaries sneakers have over 3,200 five-star ratings and are currently in hundreds of shoppers’ carts, so they’re bound to sell quickly.—
Kelsey Fredricks,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Jerry Lau’s career began at 14 in New York City’s Chinatown, pushing dim sum carts and learning the craft of barbecue.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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The ancient long barrow, located at the border of the villages Dlouhé Dvory and Lípa in the country’s eastern Bohemia region, measures roughly 620 feet long and 50 feet wide at its largest point.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2024
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Another Bronze Age cemetery located ten miles from Stonehenge features 20 barrows, or circular mounds, some of which show signs of cremation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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“Wheelbarrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheelbarrow. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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