handbasket

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Recent Examples of handbasket 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
  • After a Rozier three, Brooklyn scored the next five baskets to extend the margin to 98-84, with Miami going scoreless for a 5:18 stretch.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Donation basket that will be raffled off at the event or items to add to a basket.
    Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This has caused a shortage of eggs and made egg carton prices skyrocket.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Prices will come down but will probably never return to the days of $2 a carton.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The only person home at the time was able to safely escape, holding a crate carrying two of his pet dogs, Guzman said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The clip shows Chappell inside a crate at the shelter, growling and barking through the glass.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These best-selling bins are a shopper favorite, garnering more than 3,400 five-star ratings from customers.
    Rachel Trujillo, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Though the cafés offer recycling bins, a recent CBS News investigation found that many of those cups don't actually end up getting recycled.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Carter’s casket departed the U.S. Capitol and proceeded to Washington National Cathedral, where a state funeral service began at 10 a.m. ET.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for a procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
    Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That same month, it was announced that Louis Vuitton, another one of LVMH’s maisons, would become the title partner for the first race of the season in Melbourne and have trackside signage at the event and provide the trophy trunks.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
  • More than a decade after a woman was found dead inside the trunk of her burning car, her ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged, California prosecutors say.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While watching a video replay of the blitz at his locker, McDuffie broke it down further.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Last July, Sotheby's sold Bryant's Staples Center locker for $2.9 million, per ESPN.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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