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Recent Examples of handbasket
There’s plenty of hell-in-a-handbasket rhetoric about young people today.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbasket
Noun
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The Thunder couldn’t keep Furphy from the basket early.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Depending on the size of your tree, either use a stable ladder that is tall enough to safely and comfortably reach the cherries, or use a picking tool such as a fruit picking basket or a grabber with a long pole.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The second thing, seconds later, is to thrust a carton of cherry juice into his face.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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If the peanut butter jar wasn’t quite secured, or the carton of oat milk sprang a leak, you wouldn’t be left with a sticky mess for long.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The Roadrunner is built to be launched out of its own packing crate; before the test flight, the engineers placed one of those crates in the scrub, as tumbleweeds skittered by.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Crate Cover This crate cover provides privacy, security and creates a cozy atmosphere to help reduce anxious behaviors like barking and chewing. Crate Pad This machine-washable crate pad functions as a mattress but can double as a dog bed.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Check with your town first because many now offer composting programs with bins and drop-off services that make getting started even easier.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Drop-off bins will be located in the main hallway at the church.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
Noun
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It was followed by a video of casket being lowered into the ground.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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That means planning practices for the flag and casket teams for the July 11 funeral and standing guard by Corder's body.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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But the stranger pulled a large ax from the trunk of her vehicle, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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And the parents who will retrieve their colorful trunks, but not their girls.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Two games later, Higashioka was packing up his locker and heading into free agency on the steam of a career-high 17 homers.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The most traumatic episode happened when a bully named Matt stabbed him in the neck in a hallway outside his locker between classes, opening a small cut where Griffin's neck met his shoulder.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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