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Noun
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Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025 -
The Chinese investment aims to modernize the 1,156-mile (1,860-kilometer) rail track, locomotives, passenger coaches, and wagons.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Amazon’s best-selling storage box, the unit had more than 4,000 people add it to their carts this past month.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Landscaping crews zipped along cemetery roads around in carts as sprinklers shot water across green lawns.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Drays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drays. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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