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barrow

noun

Definition of barrow

as in wheelbarrow

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as in hill

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Recent Examples of barrow Near the town of Sanquhar, a southwestern Scottish community nestled in verdant countryside, researchers stumbled upon a Bronze Age barrow—the first find of its kind in the area. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025 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 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 One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow. — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023 They were buried in a prominent position marked by small barrow mounds (ancient burial places covered with a large mound of earth and stones). — Duncan Sayer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022

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Dandara dos Santos was tortured and beaten to death by a group of twelve people, who eventually tossed her body in a wheelbarrow, shot her, and posted a video of the crime on social media.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
One student pushes a wheelbarrow across the Oakland Cemetery grass while others break up soil, rakes in hand.

— Nila Roper, AJC.com, 21 July 2026

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Also down the hill in New Town is cafēn, a brew bar tucked away on Dundas Street.

— Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Video footage early on Friday showed hundreds of migrants gathered on a hill overlooking Ceuta being dispersed with tear gas by Moroccan forces, while others continued to swim to the Spanish territory.

— Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of hill

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Every few feet were cairns of glass swept away from shattered storefronts.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
The remains in question were found in 2000 at a burial cairn in Loch Borralie, near the most northwest tip of the Scottish mainland, after erosion revealed a human cranium.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026

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After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Of course, Yamagata is a long way to go just to peep some jellyfish, so combine a visit with the misty temples of nearby Dewa Sanzan, three mountains sacred to the ascetics of the esoteric Shugendo religion.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

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Things to do The Prague Visitor Pass makes things easy, offering access to most of the city’s big sights as well as public transport (including a vintage tram).

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
In Victoria, ride the tram around Melbourne for a coffee shop crawl.

— Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Definition of tram

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That works out to a daily penalty of roughly $7 million, which would add up to a heap of trouble if the legal wrangling extends through June 1, 2027.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project describes a use-after-free as when a program accesses heap memory after it’s been freed, leading to unpredictable behavior or exploits.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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