as in cart
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling
harness the horses up to the wagon so I can bring in the hay
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Hitching his wagon to the geography of working people was a bold enough choice in a decade marked by widespread social and economic warfare against blue-collar workers and the middle class.
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Starting on Tuesday at KeyBank Center, the Bruins have to somehow win three straight games against a Sabres wagon that is overflowing with confidence.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Bessent hitched his wagon to Trump in 2023, using his reputation on Wall Street to rally support among business leaders for the returning president.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Starting on Tuesday at KeyBank Center, the Bruins have to somehow win three straight games against a Sabres wagon that is overflowing with confidence.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Bessent hitched his wagon to Trump in 2023, using his reputation on Wall Street to rally support among business leaders for the returning president.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagon
cart
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In present-day Cuba, older adults drag carts loaded with a portable gas tank or a container of charcoal.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated April 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Students come in, pick up a cart or basket, and swivel through the aisles, adding apples, noodles, potatoes and milk to their haul.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagon. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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