as in cart
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling
harness the horses up to the wagon so I can bring in the hay
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Recent Examples of wagon
Travelers on every road except Washington Street, which the federal government paved with stone as part of the National Road in 1837, faced an obstacle course of stumps, weeds and gaping mudholes that threatened to swallow their wagons.
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Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026
The wagon proceeded slowly down Mott Street as throngs of Chinese and white passersby stopped to watch.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Volkspele were historical cosplay events for preteens, musical re-enactments of the Great Trek — the 19th-century migration of Afrikaner settlers away from British rule, heading inland in ox-wagons, that has been mythologized through tales of women and children crossing the Drakensberg barefoot.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
The Canadiens earned their NHL-leading 20th circle-the-wagons win after the Ducks, who had 19, rallied to topple them 6-5 in a shootout 22 hours earlier.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
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Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026
The wagon proceeded slowly down Mott Street as throngs of Chinese and white passersby stopped to watch.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Volkspele were historical cosplay events for preteens, musical re-enactments of the Great Trek — the 19th-century migration of Afrikaner settlers away from British rule, heading inland in ox-wagons, that has been mythologized through tales of women and children crossing the Drakensberg barefoot.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
The Canadiens earned their NHL-leading 20th circle-the-wagons win after the Ducks, who had 19, rallied to topple them 6-5 in a shootout 22 hours earlier.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagon
cart
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All donors receive a free breakfast as well as a voucher for a free pint of Culver’s and the chance to enter a raffle for a $10,000 gift cart.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Denton was driving the cart on the sidewalk and almost struck a pedestrian, the statement said.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagon. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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