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a vehicle with two wheels that was pulled by horses and was raced and used in battle in ancient times
a chariot race
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Recent Examples of chariots
Wheels of fire, chariots of fire, what’s that?
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
There are more than 25 attractions, including a carousel with wheelchair-accessible chariots, a sensory-friendly village, an accessible Ferris wheel, and a new wheelchair-accessible swing ride.
—Sarah Gilliland, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
Tents, chariots and other production gear were auctioned off so the couple could pay their creditors.
—Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Hannah and his team also built chariots specific to each Camp Half-Blood cabin, with a trident adorning Percy and Tyson’s (Daniel Diemer) for the Poseidon cabin and a steampunk version for the Hephaestus cabin, among others.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
These empires managed to encode their folkloric art into everyday realities through the curation of their imagery, a comic-strip like style, refined and easy to replicate, while heavily coded with elements partial to those empires’ realities, such as papyrus, chariots, and images of the afterlife.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
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
Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
There are more than 25 attractions, including a carousel with wheelchair-accessible chariots, a sensory-friendly village, an accessible Ferris wheel, and a new wheelchair-accessible swing ride.
—Sarah Gilliland, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
Tents, chariots and other production gear were auctioned off so the couple could pay their creditors.
—Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Hannah and his team also built chariots specific to each Camp Half-Blood cabin, with a trident adorning Percy and Tyson’s (Daniel Diemer) for the Poseidon cabin and a steampunk version for the Hephaestus cabin, among others.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
These empires managed to encode their folkloric art into everyday realities through the curation of their imagery, a comic-strip like style, refined and easy to replicate, while heavily coded with elements partial to those empires’ realities, such as papyrus, chariots, and images of the afterlife.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chariots
Noun
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Facilities, coaches, physios, fitness coach, nutritionist, psychologist.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The coaches association wants to fix this by ending conference championship games and compressing the break between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoff.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The footage cut between rapid glimpses of London iconography — the King's Guard, black cabs and Big Ben — before revealing a crane lifting the statue out of its crate.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the cabs, Lyft’s London footprint is becoming strikingly comprehensive.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Every new face who shows up to the Broncos’ rookie minicamp has their own approach to pre-draft conditioning, leaving them in various stages of physical readiness for a three-day intensive weekend of football.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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In Boston, declining enrollment in public schools has prompted difficult conversations about school consolidation because fewer children are entering the pipeline at the earliest stages.—
Tina Dello Russo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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“Chariots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chariots. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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