rickshaw

variants also ricksha

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rickshaw The first has a flat tone and is used mostly in bikes, rickshaws and hatchbacks. Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025 Now, getting the rickshaw imported from India is a whole other experience that’s become its own piece of QuestionPro folklore. Vivek Bhaskaran, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 The whole ordeal has been frustrating because the rickshaw had sentimental value. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Cycling Without Age | 2024 | United States | Isaac Seigel-Boettner | John uses his pedal-powered rickshaw to give adventures to people who have lost the ability to get outside themselves. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rickshaw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
Noun
  • The following year, the comedian was critically injured in a car accident when a Walmart truck struck his limousine, killing his friend and fellow comic James McNair.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The three-story pavilion also features a Marine One helicopter, Reagan’s 1984 presidential limousine and an authentic Irish pub from his ancestral village of Ballyporeen, Ireland.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Tram, metro, and water taxi stations are within a 10-minute walk, and other popular areas of Dubai, including downtown, Kite Beach, and the Al Fahidi Heritage district, are easily accessed by taxi.
    Nicola Chilton, AFAR Media, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For a special occasion dinner, book a water taxi to Islesford Dock, a fishing dock turned fine dining restaurant which sources most of its ingredients not just from the state of Maine, but their very county.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Batangas is a tough place to run: The roads don’t have shoulders; there are dogs everywhere; jitneys screech by.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
Noun
  • Hizkias recalls being driven to school each morning in her father’s green taxi.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Loomer managed to share a cab with Erica Garner, one of Eric’s daughters, and secretly recorded her talking about Al Sharpton, who was organizing demonstrations on behalf of the family.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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