rickshaw

variants also ricksha

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rickshaw Ride on rickshaws, witness terra-cotta temples, visit villages, and dine alongside Gangetic dolphins. Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025 Out on the promenade, nostalgic cyclo bike rickshaws waited for drivers and riders. Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025 Dozens of families quit their homes in Tel Al-Sultan heading northward to Khan Younis, some on foot, while others carried their belongings and children on donkey carts and rickshaws. Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025 Bumped and bustled on scruffy buses, crowded trains and narrow rickshaws. Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rickshaw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
Noun
  • Flair built his reputation on limousine rides and midnight blade jobs, Bruno Sammartino carried the belt like a civic honor, and Steve Austin smashed beers on his head and then drank them on the top rope.
    Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
  • Attendees took a limousine ride downtown, which was followed by family, friends and St. Jude staff greeting them at the Domino’s Event Center.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Kylie Jenner was spotted in a white fringe crop top with a matching long skirt while riding in a water taxi with her mother Kris Jenner and sister Kendall Jenner.
    Janelle Ash , Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • Leonardo DiCaprio was also spotted leaving the Gritti Palace, and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti was later seen in a water taxi.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.
    Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Vietnam has introduced reforms, adopting stricter vehicle emissions standards and pledging that 50% of buses and taxis will be electric by 2030.
    Spike Johnson, NBC news, 29 June 2025
  • Celebrities in superyachts and taxi boats are sailing into the three-day wedding party while protests spread throughout the city ahead of the lavish wedding.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Taxi brought together a true cast of New York City characters, sharing their lives in between customers at a cab company unlike any other.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 July 2025
  • The detective approached the cab driven by Mendenhall and saw blood on his thumb.
    Sarah Nelson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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