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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.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
The landscape also offers up eighteenth-century farmhouses, lairds’ castles, Norse churches, Iron Age forts, and Bronze Age barrows alongside the Neolithic tombs, settlements, and standing stones—thousands of sites altogether, across twenty-odd inhabited islands.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 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
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
The landscape also offers up eighteenth-century farmhouses, lairds’ castles, Norse churches, Iron Age forts, and Bronze Age barrows alongside the Neolithic tombs, settlements, and standing stones—thousands of sites altogether, across twenty-odd inhabited islands.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrow
Noun
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The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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That organ was carried in a wheelbarrow to each of the founders’ houses before there was an actual church.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Its panoramic views include the 25-metre lap pool below, the hills of Bandol across the sparkling cerulean water, and on the other side of the terrace, the rugged coastline with iconic Eagle Beak rock protruding from the distant horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Walking routes include wine tastings near Dürnstein and Spitz, views from Thousand Bucket Mountain and an 11-mile day through the Weiten hills.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Dutch Bros started as a pushcart coffee operation in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, in 1992, according to the company’s website.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Essex Market on the Lower East Side echoes with the memory of pushcart vendors and immigrant families.—
Christina Stanton,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The next day, the hottest grandparents to ever walk the earth find Fanny at Jane’s cairn.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Some are surrounded by miniature fields, identifiable by alignments of boulders or cairns that were heaped up when the land was cleared of stones.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Denver Solid Waste Management customers can dispose of branches that fit inside their compost cart.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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The sleek black frame and open design also make this silhouette ideal for use as a kitchen cart or portable bathroom caddy.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
Noun
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By 1890, the population of Los Angeles had nearly quintupled, and land speculation in the city’s outlying areas, from the coast to the mountains, was rampant.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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South Dakota Custer State Park Resort, Custer Four historic lodges plus a variety of cabins nestle among 71,000 acres of mountains at Custer State Park.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Edinburgh has a brand-new tram system that takes you to all the sights.—
Riza Cruz,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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Albuquerque’s green spaces range from ABQ BioPark along the Rio Grande River with its zoo, botanic garden and aquarium, to Sandia Peak in Cibola National Forest, reached via the longest aerial tram in the western hemisphere.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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These are the remnants of clothes discarded in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and elsewhere that arrive in the northern Indian city of Panipat by the truckload, spilling over in loose, overflowing heaps.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Large heaps of dead branches pile by the entrance to the forest, with no real path through the tall grass between the road and the outer edge.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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“Barrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrow. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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