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tonga

noun

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as in chariot

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Recent Examples of tonga Hire a tonga and allow your tongawallah to guide you to Lucknow’s best spots. — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025

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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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Users can slide both rear seats forward for the ride to free more luggage space in back, then slide them back to create a spacious vis-a-vis lounge in conjunction with the two swivel seats in the cab.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
Raczkowski, who was dispatched to the call, called the 911 dispatcher to order a cab for Reaves and to inquire about outstanding warrants.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cab

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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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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

Definition of phaeton

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Another hid in the corner, shielded by a display stagecoach, part of the visitor center’s historic exhibit.

— Mark Dee August 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Aug. 2026
The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 June 2026

Definition of stagecoach

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Already open in the development are a seafood market and restaurant, a bike and surrey rental service, the LA Maritime Institute and whale watching and harbor cruises.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.

— Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024

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