as in carts
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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Recent Examples of wagons
Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Regular zoo accessibility amenities will be available to rent, including electric scooters, strollers, wheelchairs and wagons.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
This time, Pivetta served up a leadoff homer to Jung Hoo Lee in the first inning and then circled the wagons to get through six innings of one-run ball.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Numerous colorful flags with religious phrases and the name of Imam Hussein in Arabic fluttered among the crowd as families walked together, young and old, most dressed in black as a symbol of mourning, some pushing strollers and wagons with their children.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Starting in the 1800s as a series of trails winging through forests and connecting the logging and fishing communities, the modern world brought roads with it for horses and wagons, the automobile, school buses, and you.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Daniel Cadwell, an American living in Tokyo, exports used Japanese camper vans and wagons to the United States.
—David Dolan, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Some 90 years later, Chicago schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis instituted half-day double shifts and later makeshift wagons stationed in parking lots to serve as schools for Black children rather than provide them access to the resources at white schools.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Dec. 2024
Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Regular zoo accessibility amenities will be available to rent, including electric scooters, strollers, wheelchairs and wagons.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
This time, Pivetta served up a leadoff homer to Jung Hoo Lee in the first inning and then circled the wagons to get through six innings of one-run ball.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Numerous colorful flags with religious phrases and the name of Imam Hussein in Arabic fluttered among the crowd as families walked together, young and old, most dressed in black as a symbol of mourning, some pushing strollers and wagons with their children.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Starting in the 1800s as a series of trails winging through forests and connecting the logging and fishing communities, the modern world brought roads with it for horses and wagons, the automobile, school buses, and you.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Daniel Cadwell, an American living in Tokyo, exports used Japanese camper vans and wagons to the United States.
—David Dolan, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Some 90 years later, Chicago schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis instituted half-day double shifts and later makeshift wagons stationed in parking lots to serve as schools for Black children rather than provide them access to the resources at white schools.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagons
Noun
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And the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground, and people were injured.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trucks had to leave their cargo at loading docks, where small 106West carts would then pick it up and deliver it.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rolling back what's known as the endangerment finding, the basis for rules regulating climate pollution, including from coal and gas-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and methane from the oil and gas industry.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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The expectations were dealers would be left with fewer vehicles on their lots and prices would skyrocket on cars and trucks made outside the United States and sales would tank.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wagons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagons. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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