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
Rogers ran a jackhammer, cutting down concrete floors and carrying the pieces out in a wheelbarrow.
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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
Keep your gardening shed or garage tidy with this handy wheelbarrow hanger, which holds up to 35 pounds.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2024
Our experts rounded up all of our favorite gardening tools, from wheelbarrows to garden hoses.
—Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
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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
Keep your gardening shed or garage tidy with this handy wheelbarrow hanger, which holds up to 35 pounds.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2024
Our experts rounded up all of our favorite gardening tools, from wheelbarrows to garden hoses.
—Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
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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
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Some go door to door with pushcarts, offering to take or even buy unwanted electronics.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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During past brownouts, including amid the Great Recession, the seven trucks saw their service calls more than triple, Olyer said.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Officers eventually identified the vehicle that initiated the collision, a maroon Ford F-150, and established that the truck was registered to him, per the report.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trains, metros, buses, trams, and ferries are all integrated, allowing easy travel with a single ticket.David Nikel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Murkowski was trailed from the tram to the senators’ elevator to the chamber.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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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
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The members learned firefighting techniques, raised money for hoses and a pump wagon and bought protective equipment.Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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