barrow

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Recent Examples of barrow 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 The 56-year-old was taken to hospital in a wheel barrow and was hospitalized for ten days. CNN, 12 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrow
Noun
  • What better way to welcome guests this fall than with a wheelbarrow filled with pumpkins and gourds?
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Several customers were busy filling the available wheelbarrows with their choices.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Later, from the top of a steep and very beautiful hill where he is buried, everyone came down to the road except my mother and a friend of my father’s named Arnie.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That's a steep hill to climb for Behn, who seeks to flip the district.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Abc, which started in 1897 with a pushcart selling carpets in the Lower East Side, moved to its Flatiron District address on 888 Broadway in 1961.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The two initially sold coffee out of a pushcart by the railroad tracks in downtown Grants Pass.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Found around the perimeter ring, there are six additional cairns.
    Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Stone cairns, serpentine walls, earthen mounds, balance rocks, ancient spring wells, and interesting stone enclosures have been identified as potential early cultural evidence of pre-European native use.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Joe Alt, the Chargers' tackle, left on a cart with what Adam Schefter said was another severe high ankle sprain.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • It’s been a huge hit with my guests, and right now, Prime members can add it to their carts for just $40.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Yonah Mountain Vineyards also pays homage to the iconic mountain by emblazoning its wine bottles and glasses with a bear symbol.
    Crystal Tate, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Guests can take a tram tour of the park, one of the largest sites in the World Birding Center network, or attend one of the many ranger programs about the nature and history of the area.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Singapore Packed with adventure, Sentosa Island has long been the locals’ quick getaway from the city, accessible by car, bus, or aerial tram.
    Elizabeth See, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This is a different Chenoweth, perhaps closer to the woman that exists offstage, the one that fought her way to the top of the showbiz heap.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Barrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrow. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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