troika

noun

Definition of troikanext
as in chariot

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Recent Examples of troika Of the main troika, only Kraft remains with the team. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026 Among the leading superstars for the past generation, for instance, has been a troika of Muslim men. — Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026 Auditor Diana DiZoglio should abandon her futile court case to open the Legislature’s books and instead work on defeating her troika of opponents the old fashioned way – at the ballot box. — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 But that troika allowed the Dolphins to survive at a position that could have been a disaster. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for troika
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troika
  1. chariot
  2. coach
  3. hackney coach
  4. stagecoach
  5. roadster
  6. landau
  7. tonga
  8. diligence
Noun
  • Never mind that he was ejected from the chariot along the way; Nero was declared the winner.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • For example, last Wednesday, the game challenged me with a picture of a bronze sculpture that looked somewhat like a chariot.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • Lionel Scaloni, the Argentina head coach, attempted to intervene.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • His grandfather, Mayes Dobbins, was the school’s first football coach.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of coach
Noun
  • The diffuse forms of the Berlin Cathedral, Brandenburg Gate, and Leipziger Platz are still unmistakable against a foreground of pedestrians in modern dress, hackney coaches, and other symbols of the Industrial Revolution.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of hackney coach
Noun
  • The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.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
  • There was a stagecoach on blocks up at this steakhouse.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Definition of stagecoach
Noun
  • The boundary-pushing roadster will be the last series-production vehicle to leave the marque’s Molsheim atelier with a W-16 in the engine bay.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
  • The Polestar 5 sedan and Polestar 6 roadster the company also had in the works will likewise not reach American shores.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of roadster
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    — Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • 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
Definition of landau
Noun
  • Hire a tonga and allow your tongawallah to guide you to Lucknow’s best spots.
    — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of tonga
Noun
  • Until the industry is regulated, the best protection for your dog is your own diligence.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • That reputation for precision and diligence influenced the organization’s evaluation of Bregman, 32, a two-time World Series champion with the Houston Astros whose adjustment period has lasted longer than anticipated.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of diligence

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