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barrows

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plural of barrow

as in wheelbarrows

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How to protect yourself from mosquitoes Residents are advised to remove standing water from gutters, planters, toys, wheelbarrows and old tires at least once a week.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Within hours, over 30 people showed up to help, armed with gloves, shovels and wheelbarrows.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of wheelbarrows

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There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.

— Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology found that the approach could significantly improve battery life in high-voltage vehicles, including electric trucks and long-range passenger cars.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
To get gear in, FORM staffers typically meet the artist’s semis at the nearest major road juncture and load equipment into box trucks.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of trucks

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Separately in the episode, River (Jack Lowden) and Sid (Olivia Cooke) are on the run from a pair of assassins, while the rest of the team circles the wagons en route to a safe house.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Several other wagons used during the days of the cattle drives, including a buckboard and mail wagon, are lined up on either side.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of wagons

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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 Park Service recommends that people not disturb, knock down or add to cairns, though some parks caution visitors not to rely on them as official pathways.

— Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026

Definition of cairns

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Throughout the tour, Candamil draws on his memories growing up in the market, first watching his father and then working there in his youth as a carretillero, a cargo porter who steers upright wooden carts with produce through its narrow aisles.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Served from silver gueridon carts was prime rib, Dover sole meunière, and avocado crab Louis.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of carts

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The symbolic funeral pyres were surrounded by offerings to Hindu deities as relatives gathered to perform the final rites.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
In a tradition dating back more than 300 years, towering pyres have been lit every July in Northern Ireland to mark the Battle of the Boyne, which effectively cemented Protestant rule.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

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