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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 -
Flip wheelbarrows, drill drainage holes and keep containers under cover.—
Ryan Brennan
April 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rodent holes, brush piles, firewood, timbers, dense undergrowth, and leaf piles can also attract wasps in search of a place to nest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Knisley has worked with communities where coal ash was used to fill children’s ball fields and seen Tennessee Valley Authority waste piles of the toxic ash piled up behind a public playground, open to the wind.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Noun
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One person was killed when a pair of semi-trucks collided in Riverside County early Monday morning, according to authorities.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Do not follow large vehicles closely - Large vehicles like trucks or buses can create a spray of water that can reduce your visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Archaeologists are just beginning to understand how complex these mounds were.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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This pie's tart lemon custard is surrounded by flaky, buttery pie crust, and topped with mounds of fluffy, golden-brown meringue.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
Noun
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During a time when Lane Kiffin once again became the target of fans everywhere, his new AD stepped up and circled the wagons.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Euphoria swept across the country, including in small towns like Ashland, where my friends and I had pulled red wagons around to gather scrap for the war effort.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Above the glacial lake Ullswater, prehistoric cairns and burial mounds dot the high moorland, including the Cockpit Stone Circle, which spans 90 feet.—
Andrea Bussell,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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During their Permission to Dance On Stage concerts, BTS used carts to bring the group closer to fans in the stadium's further sections.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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According to the GoFundMe, he was shot twice while retrieving carts from the parking lot.—
Caroline Zimmerman
May 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Barrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrows. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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