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hand truck

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as in tram

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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 Note that the top platform fits to the curving back of the hand truck by means of two quick cuts at 45-degrees that remove the back corners of the platform. — 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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Things to do The Prague Visitor Pass makes things easy, offering access to most of the city’s big sights as well as public transport (including a vintage tram).

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
In Victoria, ride the tram around Melbourne for a coffee shop crawl.

— Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Definition of tram

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Despite gridlocked traffic near the first two closure scenes in southwest Atlanta and some miscommunication and misdirection with trucks using side streets, Atlanta has braced itself handily so far.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 19 July 2026
His solution was to adapt the sliding block puzzle game Rush Hour, in which players move toy cars and trucks around to create a path for one main car to exit the puzzle.

— Peter Jurich, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of truck

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The franchise started as a pushcart in Oregon in 1992, and now has over 1,100 locations across the country.

— Julianna Mejia, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
The layout opens into the produce section — a nod to the company’s roots, when John Wegman sold fresh produce from a pushcart in Rochester.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026

Definition of pushcart

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Coolers are also allowed as long as they are attached to a wagon.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
In Netflix’s new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, the Ingalls family’s journey from Wisconsin to Independence, Kansas, is off to a rocky start when the wagon carrying them nearly overturns in a river.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

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