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
  • Check out Sky Adventures Arenal Park, which has several attractions to choose from, including zip line adventures, hanging bridges, and an aerial tram.
    Lauren P. Reyes, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Rossi, an Italian sporting icon, was spotted in a video driving an old tram.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Its Tacoma midsize pickup truck is made in Mexico.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The truck's license plate came back as belonging to a 2002 Jeep Laredo.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • As one of the men operated the mechanical digger, the other stood by with the wheelbarrow, into which his co-worker dumped an occasional load of earth mixed with stones, to go on a refuse heap in a corner of the cemetery.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 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
  • In the early 1900s, Harriet and her husband, Harold Bryant Cody, traveled by wagon from Hollywood to Palm Springs and built their home where Casa Cody lies today.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Carts of any kind (including wagons).
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some items can be pretty valuable—a vintage bamboo two-tier bar cart was recently seen going for $1,295 on 1stDibs.
    Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 25 Feb. 2026
  • For March, the discount grocery chain has a long list of products (at remarkable prices, mind you) worth adding to your cart.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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