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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
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
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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Additionally, overcrowding an air fryer basket can cause the parchment paper to burn.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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And with his front kick, Big Lew could rattle the rim of the basket.—
Jeff Chang
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Afterward, the staff would give me a carton of apple juice.—
Soph Warnes,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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An egg carton makes an excellent sandal, and the baffles of a beach ball can quickly become a striking rainbow clog.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stack pumpkins of varying sizes on your steps, fill a wooden crate with gourds or scatter pinecones, acorns and wheat bundles along the porch rail.—
Angie Hicks,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Fill them with a variety of treats or surprises, and place them on a shelf or in a wooden crate for an eye-catching display.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cut up, the plant matter can be added to the compost bin or dug it into the soil.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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As Ben was loading his things into a scanner bin at a security checkpoint, with 12-year-old Grant in front of him and 19-year-old Michael behind, Ben looked across the X-ray machine and saw Ryan standing on the other side of the conveyor.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The funeral was closed casket—an uncommon thing for Catholics back then—because my mother did not want people to see the work the undertakers had to do to stitch my father back together.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
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The video for the song features HARDY singing while lying in a casket in the ground— imagery that isn’t entirely foreign to him.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just over a week later, Celeste Rivas was identified as the individual in D4vd’s trunk, who had previously been reported missing since April 2024.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, the patches of skin behind the upper arms and on the trunk reveal that the reptile had powerful muscles for retracting its forelimbs.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Tuesday night in Ohio, a powerful pitcher who thrives on emotion stood at his locker after the game, terse and lacking the words to describe what had just happened.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The arena does not provide lockers and will not check weapons at Guest Services.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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