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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand truck
Noun
  • Visitors can go up the arch on a tram, but unlike the rest of the park, that experience is not free.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Next door is the Tramway Nonprofit Center, a 60,000-square-foot 1930s tram and bus storage building in use as a nonprofit community center since the 1990s.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Anderson traced the truck to the address of Friedmann’s friend Ferris Marone.
    James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • People in trucks have arrived with thousands of containers from other states where the bottle return fee is 5 cents or nothing at all, costing businesses millions and creating a conundrum for legislators, who are now trying to fix the situation.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 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 Ducks are just the sixth team in NHL history to record nine such wagon-circling efforts in 58 games or fewer, per team PR guru Alex Gilchrist.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Guests during this year's bloom can also purchase farm experiences from a tractor wagon ride and blueberry picking to a swirling butterfly encounter.
    Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • People jostled across the steps as porters maneuvered carts and tourists paused for photos.
    Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But now that they’re marked down to $20, these work-ready trousers are even more worth adding to your cart.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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