Examples of oxcart in a Sentence
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Dozens of men would hoist heavy stone statues onto oxcarts before transporting them across the border… into Thailand… and into the hands of Douglas Latchford.
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Small-scale looters, sometimes with the help of local military personnel, would remove the works with shovels, chisels, picks and even dynamite before transporting them, often by oxcart, to the Thai border.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
His teams brought objects to the border, usually by oxcart, and sold them to a broker.
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Matthew Campbell,
Bloomberg,
22 May 2026
The resort also offers cooking and mixology classes, bird-watching and night frog walks, coffee and wine tastings, tree planting, and traditional oxcart painting classes.
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Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
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Mary Roach,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Small-scale looters, sometimes with the help of local military personnel, would remove the works with shovels, chisels, picks and even dynamite before transporting them, often by oxcart, to the Thai border.
—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
His teams brought objects to the border, usually by oxcart, and sold them to a broker.
—
Matthew Campbell,
Bloomberg,
22 May 2026
The resort also offers cooking and mixology classes, bird-watching and night frog walks, coffee and wine tastings, tree planting, and traditional oxcart painting classes.
—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
—
Mary Roach,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxcart. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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oxcart
noun
ox·cart
-ˌkärt 
: a cart drawn by oxen
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