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Recent Examples of oxcart
Luckily for the pair, a man in an oxcart soon passed.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans
The days of freighters and oxcarts making their arduous way across Texas and Mexico from Indianola ended in 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad joined up in Victoria.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The geophysicists who’d loaned us the instrument were begging us to bring them back an oxcart and a pair of oxen, says Sheets.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Its founder, Henderson Lewelling, brought his fruit trees and his family overland by oxcart from Iowa.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
The looters stole a third object from the same site — a Skanda figure sitting on a peacock — transported it by oxcart to the border with Thailand and sold it for about $600.
—Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
Barges on the river and oxcarts on land brought thousands of tons of stone and other construction materials from faraway places in France to the building site.
—Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans
The days of freighters and oxcarts making their arduous way across Texas and Mexico from Indianola ended in 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad joined up in Victoria.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The geophysicists who’d loaned us the instrument were begging us to bring them back an oxcart and a pair of oxen, says Sheets.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Its founder, Henderson Lewelling, brought his fruit trees and his family overland by oxcart from Iowa.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
The looters stole a third object from the same site — a Skanda figure sitting on a peacock — transported it by oxcart to the border with Thailand and sold it for about $600.
—Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
Barges on the river and oxcarts on land brought thousands of tons of stone and other construction materials from faraway places in France to the building site.
—Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oxcart
Noun
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The situation is especially fraught for the nation’s 75,000 dray operators and other foot soldiers of the supply chain.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2022
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While bikes are permitted, the most efficient way to deliver packages are through dray wagon horse carriages.—
Dixita Limbachia,
Detroit Free Press,
13 Aug. 2019
Noun
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Demonstrations against Willis wagons were a precursor to a more sweeping Civil Rights Movement in Chicago that drew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city in 1966 — the same year Willis resigned.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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Like the Gregory, this wagon has hard plastic wheels.—
Chris Haslam,
Wired News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Customers must agree to keep their delivery area clear of people and pets The Walmart app alerts a customer when their cart reaches the drone delivery weight and volume limits.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ahead, Schroeder dishes how to do just that, and reveals the best pizza toppings to pair with street cart onion sauce.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oxcart. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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