: a small lightweight nearly flat-bottomed boat with a broad transom and usually squared-off bow
chiefly British
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Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
The sequence’s immersive nature persists as Reem’s baby pleasantly coos in her pram and Reem casually laments about her marital hardships with her controlling husband Yousef (Jalal Masarwa).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
Scott Boute, a representative for Radcliffe, confirmed the birth to CNN on Wednesday, after the Daily Mail published photographs of the couple pushing a pram in New York earlier this week.
—Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
Princess Elizabeth plays with a doll in a toy pram outside the Welsh House in 1933.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022
The girl lived in a pram next to Alisa’s bed.
—Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Now back from Mexico City, the Ergobaby Metro Plus stroller still gets its fair share of use over the other prams in our family’s fleet.
—Nila Do Simon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
In 1733, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire had what is sometimes identified as the first British pram built for their children; it was designed to be pulled around by a goat.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
While many of the details of this travel system are similar to others — the stroller seat has a pram mode and the seat can face either direction — there are a few standout features.
—Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2023
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Showing their commitment to all things Halloween, the couple even had a pram filled with baby ogres in tow.
—Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
The sequence’s immersive nature persists as Reem’s baby pleasantly coos in her pram and Reem casually laments about her marital hardships with her controlling husband Yousef (Jalal Masarwa).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
Scott Boute, a representative for Radcliffe, confirmed the birth to CNN on Wednesday, after the Daily Mail published photographs of the couple pushing a pram in New York earlier this week.
—Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
Princess Elizabeth plays with a doll in a toy pram outside the Welsh House in 1933.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022
The girl lived in a pram next to Alisa’s bed.
—Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Now back from Mexico City, the Ergobaby Metro Plus stroller still gets its fair share of use over the other prams in our family’s fleet.
—Nila Do Simon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
In 1733, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire had what is sometimes identified as the first British pram built for their children; it was designed to be pulled around by a goat.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
While many of the details of this travel system are similar to others — the stroller seat has a pram mode and the seat can face either direction — there are a few standout features.
—Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2023
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