as in buggy
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in
like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby
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Recent Examples of pram
Next door, The Pantry offers every doodad parents might need: washing machines, tumble dryers, and bottle sterilizers to use around the clock, plus a range of family amenities — baby bathtubs, rockers, and prams — on loan for the duration of your stay.
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Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
But the street-side terraces that replaced them were equally chaotic, turning a stroll on the avenue into an assault course, especially for visitors with prams or wheelchairs.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
In one instance, Margaret trained two adorable cats wearing baby doll gowns to sit inside a pram, or baby carriage, in the store windows.
—Stephanie Forshee, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
But the street-side terraces that replaced them were equally chaotic, turning a stroll on the avenue into an assault course, especially for visitors with prams or wheelchairs.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
In one instance, Margaret trained two adorable cats wearing baby doll gowns to sit inside a pram, or baby carriage, in the store windows.
—Stephanie Forshee, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pram
Noun
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Ten of the bright yellow golf-cart style buggies are being trialled until October as part of a micro mobility sharing scheme across a small part of Fulham in London.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The company’s decision to prematurely release a buggy, completely overhauled new app back in May — with crucial features missing at launch — outraged customers and kicked off a monthslong domino effect that included layoffs, a sharp decline in employee morale, and a public apology tour.—
Chris Welch,
The Verge,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Before leaving, Valenzuela bought a crib and a baby mattress for his 22-year-old daughter’s firstborn.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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One commenter suggested the noise could be E blowing raspberries on the crib, but the mom pointed out that the crib's thick fabric coverings make such a noise unlikely.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
18 May 2024
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Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs.—
Diane Bell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2023
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This year, as families with baby strollers and groups of cinema fans ambled by amid the thousands on the street on a warmer-than-expected Friday afternoon, the retailers were booming.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Runners, walkers, joggers, strollers, wheelchair users and four-legged friends are welcome.—
CHRISTINA MAYO,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Filmmakers from Denis Villeneuve to Brian De Palma have paid homage to the film's famous scene of a baby carriage careening down the staircase.—
Michael Robinson Chávez,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2025
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Project Sidewalk– Use your mobile device to report the condition of city sidewalks to improve navigation for anyone using wheeled transport, especially wheelchairs, but also grocery carts, baby carriages, delivery dollies and wheeled luggage.—
Bob Hirshon,
Discover Magazine,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.—
Theresa Holland,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2023
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Some of the parade highlights will include 14 pipe and drum marching bands, students from Irish dance schools performing, an appearance by Consulate General of Ireland Council Kevin Byrne and the original baby buggy parade float from the first parade in 1979.—
Jeff Vorva,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Mar. 2022
Noun
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In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram.—
Peter C. Baker,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2022
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One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons.—
Robert Richardson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Oct. 2022
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“Pram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pram. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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