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phaeton

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as in barouche

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Recent Examples of phaeton 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 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 Still, the industry used carriage types to describe its models, like phaeton (a light, open carriage), shooting brake (a carriage meant for gamekeepers and sportsmen) and cabriolet (a light carriage with a foldable hood drawn by one horse). — James Schembari, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017

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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
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

Definition of barouche

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During the period known as the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty (1046–771 bce), warfare had been dominated by aristocratic elites and chariot forces and was generally conducted by armies smaller than those of subsequent centuries.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Moments later, Sol’s chariot resumed its fiery march across the sky, just as modern science predicted.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of chariot

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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
Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.

— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023

Definition of landau

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While still renderings, the images show a two-door roadster that’s reminiscent of post-1958 C1 Corvettes, especially with that quad headlight setup and the chrome bumper.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
Nearly a century after rolling off the line, one Aston Martin roadster has proven itself a formidable racer.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

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Deep seats give it that sink-in-and-relax feel, and the oversized chaise gives you plenty of wiggle room during movie marathons or lazy weekends.

— Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Specs AccordionItemContainerButton The Amabel chaise in Sandhill Cocoa draws the eye thanks to its bold, geometric upholstery—a tip right from the playbook of Heidi Caillier, who put it to work in Kendall Jenner’s vacation ranch.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of chaise

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The manual package adds $8,550 to the Carrera S coupe’s starting price, bringing it to $167,100, while the manual cabriolet jumps nearly $11,000 to $181,000.

— Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
The cabriolet, which received Singer’s Classic Turbo treatment, was the focus of Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s women’s collections.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cabriolet

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The streetscape, the shopfronts, the hansom cabs, the coal smoke, the gaslights, the stink?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
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.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2022

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