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
In addition, mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, so avoid letting water collect in old tires, wheelbarrows, wading pools, etc.
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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
Rogers ran a jackhammer, cutting down concrete floors and carrying the pieces out in a wheelbarrow.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
That same day, Louis shoveled sand into a wheelbarrow and pushed the wheelbarrow over to other volunteers as his mom stood close by, encouraging him.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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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
Rogers ran a jackhammer, cutting down concrete floors and carrying the pieces out in a wheelbarrow.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
That same day, Louis shoveled sand into a wheelbarrow and pushed the wheelbarrow over to other volunteers as his mom stood close by, encouraging him.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
Noun
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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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Instead of once a month, the city’s pushcart vendors are now only required to change the hot-dog water every other month.—
John Ficarra,
airmail.news,
16 Nov. 2024
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Belcher took off with Stout, who was waiting in his truck, then led police on a chase.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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There are a few minutes of the finale devoted to featuring Verizon’s THOR (Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response) trucks.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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Now it is all connected, by one of the world’s most advanced networks of lifts—more than 400 chairs, gondolas, trams and surface lifts.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Tickets on the buses and trams cost €1.40 and are valid for 90 minutes.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Nov. 2024
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Scarlett O’Hara, a wealthy white Southerner, picks her way out of the city, passing the littered remains of wagons and men while vultures hover overhead.—
Scott Spillman,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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OnTheSnow listed Keystone Resort as the best family-friendly destination, touting its free parking, free gear wagons to haul equipment and kid-centric activities like the Mountaintop Snow Fort, a winter playground made of snow complete with slides, caves and a tubing hill.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2025
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After unexpectedly awaking in the snowy wilderness of the Dieter Eagan National Forest, dressed to the nines in matching black fur coats and hats, the innies stumble upon an old-school TV cart.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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These deals won't be around forever, so hurry up and add these to your cart!—
Gabriela Vatu,
PCMAG,
7 Feb. 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 16 Feb. 2025.
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