dray

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Recent Examples of dray Mackinac Island Carriage Tours has Percheron and Belgian draft horses for carriage tours and dray services, the tourism bureau explained. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The situation is especially fraught for the nation’s 75,000 dray operators and other foot soldiers of the supply chain. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022 While bikes are permitted, the most efficient way to deliver packages are through dray wagon horse carriages. Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dray
Noun
  • Subaru’s decision to build the STI on the Impreza’s five-door wagonette body style rather than the sedan is easy to question, but ultimately tough to fault.
    Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2008
Noun
  • The resort also offers cooking and mixology classes, bird-watching and night frog walks, coffee and wine tastings, tree planting, and traditional oxcart painting classes.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Luckily for the pair, a man in an oxcart soon passed.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Other officials have circled the wagons.
    Michael Albertus, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For those on the political left who typically are far more supportive of social-net spending, Minnesota is a political nightmare and some have circled the wagons in defense.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This cheerful red-and-pink striped mat adds a playful pattern to your gardening supply cart, and its high edges keep soil from spilling everywhere.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • On that note, never take items out of another shopper’s cart.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026

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“Dray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dray. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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