pram

chiefly British
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 There’s been a turning of the tables since the website conducted the study in 2021, when baby strollers stood at 67% and puppy prams at 33%,per the Korea Times. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for pram
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Noun
  • The main competitive groups are motorcycles, buggies, cars, SSVs, and trucks, with sub-categories.
    Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
  • However, a ‘buggy’ release can cause long-term reputational harm to a franchise, so sidelining FM25 to ensure FM26 is up to standard may be the best long-term decision.
    Elias Burke, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The frame then flashed to Salma looking at her new niece with love, Hussein, 30, and Jameel holding their daughters as baby Iman adorably reached for Amina, Rania running her fingers through her daughter Iman's hair and pins being placed in Amina's crib.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • One of his idle fantasies is to get a big-ass crib with a ton of land in Ohio and raise a baby panther.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Smooth Motion—Rock your baby in your arms, a chair, or take them for a stroller or car ride.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • He’s learned that even the best stroller is no match for the mobility and closeness a good carrier offers.
    Cameron LeBlanc, Parents, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 4 Mar. 2025.

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