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Recent Examples of hansom
In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
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New York Times, 17 May 2022
The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
New York Times, 17 May 2022
The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hansom
Noun
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Prosecutors have accused the men of breaking into the Brinks semi truck during a 27-minute window at a Flying J truck stop, as one guard grabbed food at a gas station and the other slept in the cab.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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On May 7, 1955, two members of the local White Citizens’ Council shot into the cab of Reverend George Lee’s car; the bullets ripped off the lower half of his face.—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2023
Noun
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2022
Noun
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Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay.—
Brenda Yenke,
cleveland.com,
7 Feb. 2018
Noun
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Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 Aug. 2021
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The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.—
Dan Neil,
WSJ,
31 Aug. 2017
Noun
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There are more than 25 attractions, including a carousel with wheelchair-accessible chariots, a sensory-friendly village, an accessible Ferris wheel, and a new wheelchair-accessible swing ride.—
Sarah Gilliland,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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The once station wagon-leaning family chariot has morphed into a crossover sport utility vehicle.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When it’s not being used as extra seating, the back lets down, and the front pulls forward to create either a chaise or bed.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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The chaise adds stretch-out space without overwhelming the layout, making this a great fit for apartments, smaller living rooms, or anyone who wants comfort without committing to a massive footprint.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 May 2024
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“Hansom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hansom. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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