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barrows

noun

plural of barrow

as in wheelbarrows

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Named one of our favorite wheelbarrows in testing, this bestselling model is lightweight, can hold up to 5 cubic feet of materials, and has 14-inch rubber wheels.

— Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of wheelbarrows

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According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
On the night before a big operation, Uncle Rich reminisces with the crew about his first and only incarceration years earlier, for stealing piles of newspapers.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of piles

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Despite gridlocked traffic near the first two closure scenes in southwest Atlanta and some miscommunication and misdirection with trucks using side streets, Atlanta has braced itself handily so far.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 19 July 2026
His solution was to adapt the sliding block puzzle game Rush Hour, in which players move toy cars and trucks around to create a path for one main car to exit the puzzle.

— Peter Jurich, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of trucks

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Why to Fertilize Petunias Petunias are fast-growing plants that produce mounds of foliage and abundant blooms.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
Holston specifically recommends everbearing alpine varieties, which grow in small mounds and take up less space.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026

Definition of mounds

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Other parents were arriving with coolers, pulling wagons that contained lawn chairs and food for the game.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
In 1785, the Pennsylvania General Assembly commissioned an improved road over Forbes, which was built for military speed, to accommodate wagons and horse travel.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 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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Horner-Smith told KCBS that employees were allegedly told to cover the body using carts and umbrellas as the customer’s family waited in the building.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Fans of Stanley and Musgrave alike can peruse the company's website and add the full collection to their carts now, or continue scrolling to shop the individual pieces.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of carts

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In Germany, northeastern France and many parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic, people still build elaborate bonfire pyres to light in the evening and tend long into the night.

— Thomas A. DuBois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
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

Definition of pyres

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