hand truck

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Recent Examples of hand truck John Irving, a lawyer representing one of the two employees who moved the boxes, said the worker did not know what was in them and was only trying to help Trump valet Walt Nauta, who was using a dolly or hand truck to move a number of boxes. BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 The back doors roll up, and a crew of delivery workers begins sorting and stacking hundreds of boxes and pouches onto rolling dollies and hand trucks. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 May 2023 The hand truck cart has room for a circular saw, an impact driver, fasteners, accessories, a nail apron and hammer. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 There are different types of dollies, including one designed for moving appliances; a hand truck made for moving boxes; and a flat floor dolly made for moving furniture. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hand truck
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Noun
  • Solo Ball landed a second tram spot for the second year in a row, while Braylon Mullins was unanimously selected to the freshman team.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
  • To reach the structure, visitors had to climb a long set of stairs or ride a private tram up the slope.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The semi truck had already been towed from the area.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Toss clippings into a wheelbarrow or tarp for easy removal.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Dutch Bros started as a pushcart coffee operation in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, in 1992, according to the company’s website.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The family’s history in the apparel industry started in 1910 when Samuel Spiegel and his brother Harry began selling neckwear from a pushcart on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The wagon proceeded slowly down Mott Street as throngs of Chinese and white passersby stopped to watch.
    Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Volkspele were historical cosplay events for preteens, musical re-enactments of the Great Trek — the 19th-century migration of Afrikaner settlers away from British rule, heading inland in ox-wagons, that has been mythologized through tales of women and children crossing the Drakensberg barefoot.
    Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Even the rolling carts served as extensions of people’s accessories.
    Jennelle Fong Contributing Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • After some deep diving, L'Occitane’s Shea Nail and Cuticle Oil is now sitting in my cart.
    Essence Wiley, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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