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as in stagecoaches
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriages
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Recent Examples of carriages
The barn complex includes six stalls with individual walkouts, two tack rooms, and space for carriages or gym equipment.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
People fled through the carriages seeking safety, with some attempting to barricade themselves in the train restrooms, said other witnesses.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
This park is owned by the visionary Mack Family, a manufacturer of high-quality roller coasters and dark rides, with a history dating back to 1780, when the family began building carriages.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Friends With Classic Cars recently brought the community together to host a show focusing on vintage cars and horse carriages in the rebuilding of the Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Friends With Classic Cars brought the community together to host a show focusing on vintage cars and horse carriages in the rebuilding Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
On May 4, the legendary midnight blue carriages will travel south from Paris toward Pompeii and onward to the clifftop sanctuary of Caruso, a hotel also owned by Belmond, which overlooks the Amalfi Coast.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
The train’s vintage carriages, originally built in France in 1929 and 1930 for the British royal family, have been meticulously restored with art deco detailing, polished mahogany paneling, and velvet and silk upholstery.
—AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Dalmatians were originally bred to guard horses and carriages, which explains their naturally protective instincts, according to the AKC.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
People fled through the carriages seeking safety, with some attempting to barricade themselves in the train restrooms, said other witnesses.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
This park is owned by the visionary Mack Family, a manufacturer of high-quality roller coasters and dark rides, with a history dating back to 1780, when the family began building carriages.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Friends With Classic Cars recently brought the community together to host a show focusing on vintage cars and horse carriages in the rebuilding of the Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Friends With Classic Cars brought the community together to host a show focusing on vintage cars and horse carriages in the rebuilding Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
On May 4, the legendary midnight blue carriages will travel south from Paris toward Pompeii and onward to the clifftop sanctuary of Caruso, a hotel also owned by Belmond, which overlooks the Amalfi Coast.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
The train’s vintage carriages, originally built in France in 1929 and 1930 for the British royal family, have been meticulously restored with art deco detailing, polished mahogany paneling, and velvet and silk upholstery.
—AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Dalmatians were originally bred to guard horses and carriages, which explains their naturally protective instincts, according to the AKC.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriages
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The candidates who won this week — regardless of party — took strong stances on housing and campaigned on messages of progress for their communities, said Drew Mitrisin, an Overland Park City Council member.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Earlier in 2025, protestors gathered outside Tesla showrooms to speak out against his federal government budget cuts and right-wing political stances.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Historian-folklorist Adrienne Mayor reminds us that the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata already envision mechanical warriors and self-moving chariots forged by the engineer-god Viśvakarma.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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The two sides, now locked into competitive postures, might also simply grow exasperated with each another and announce new trade restrictions out of the blue.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Repetitive motions, awkward postures, and constant strain add up, often ending in costly musculoskeletal injuries that take weeks to heal.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Living in an expensive city, surrounded by colleagues who billed a hundred hours a week and ordered cabs home at midnight, McCoy was always the poorest man in the room.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake Technology has been tangled up in modern life for a long time, but the entwinement of Big Tech, as an industry, with our daily habits—everything from tracking friends to hiring cabs—is new.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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These softening attitudes, however, are not equally shared among political parties.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Now the cruelty that defines our attitudes toward children has a receptacle in social media.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Nemenz landed a job as a lens technician at Panavision, then built specialized lenses and camera rigs for the Formula 1 race cars employed for John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix (1966).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Babycatcher chewed his twig and held on to a thin rope, not much more than a string, which disappeared up into the canopy, likely connected to the pulleys and rigs and tackle that worked the biggest net down below.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Carriages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriages. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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