rickshaw

variants also ricksha

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rickshaw Bumped and bustled on scruffy buses, crowded trains and narrow rickshaws. Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 But there was no rest for the weary, as once Frank books Ryan, Lewis and the camera hopped onto a rickshaw to get pulled back down the road to hand the camera off to a drone. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025 Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Meanwhile, Mr. Inagaki, the rickshaw puller, is leveraging his Mandarin and making connections on Chinese apps. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2025 To that end, it's said to be 200 mm longer than a typical rickshaw, and its roof height is about 35 mm more too. New Atlas, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rickshaw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
Noun
  • Her wallet was found not far from where Aguilera worked at a limousine company and as a mechanic for United Airlines at San Francisco International Airport, according to SFGate.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • There will be a few other moments of visual awe — say, a limousine standing on its nose — but only that one shot aspires to beauty.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The ferry is a public water taxi that allows people to bypass the traffic on the Memorial Causeway bridge and sail across Clearwater Harbor for a small fee.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Whether shared or private, water taxis are even more convenient and are readily available from nearby islands.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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
  • But low pay for drivers isn’t fundamental to the business of taxi and food delivery work.
    Daniel Ocampo, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Based on the current taxi and ride-hailing car market, Bank of America estimates total demand for eVTOL air taxis could reach 200,000 units in the future.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • At $277, cab fare came in as the fourth-largest spending category in her January budget.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
  • The driver was not hurt but needed to be rescued from the truck’s cab.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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