as in pushcart
a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.
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Recent Examples of wheelbarrow
Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
The video, posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 5, captures the bear, River, flipping over the wheelbarrow left in his habitat as enrichment before attempting to fit his entire body into the yellow carrier.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Still, consider packing light or using one of the on-site wheelbarrows to lug your camping supplies up the fairly steep quarter-mile or so to where the campsites are spread.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
After Mother Ezumi read off their names, the Sisters in the pine sap detail were sent on their way to load a wheelbarrow up with tapping implements and buckets, collect their student charges, and march off to Mitsuyama.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
The video, posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 5, captures the bear, River, flipping over the wheelbarrow left in his habitat as enrichment before attempting to fit his entire body into the yellow carrier.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Still, consider packing light or using one of the on-site wheelbarrows to lug your camping supplies up the fairly steep quarter-mile or so to where the campsites are spread.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
After Mother Ezumi read off their names, the Sisters in the pine sap detail were sent on their way to load a wheelbarrow up with tapping implements and buckets, collect their student charges, and march off to Mitsuyama.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
Noun
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The two initially sold coffee out of a pushcart by the railroad tracks in downtown Grants Pass.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Dutch Bros started in 1992 by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma as a pushcart by the railroad tracks in downtown Grants Pass, Ore.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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CarMax recently listed two 2022 R1T Adventure electric pickup trucks for $51,998, before shipping and fees.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Investigators said Thomas Sanford, 40, of Burton rammed his pickup truck into the church, jumped out and began firing an assault rifle at congregants.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Among them are Gatlinburg SkyPark—home to North America's longest pedestrian cable bridge—and the aerial tram to Ober Mountain.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to Williams, the pair had taken a wrong path near a tram that transports passengers between the downtown area where a docking area for cruise ship's is located and a site on the mountainside that is popular with tourists.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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My 10-year-old even worked up the nerve to follow her sister down Jack Rabbit Alley, a run with small bumps, wagons, and teepees to ski through.—
Grace Bastidas,
Parents,
29 Sep. 2025
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Participate in a logsawing contest and win the infamous wagon of cheer.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Almost all its gasoline is imported, making gas expensive and scarce; in many parts of the countryside, bicycles and horse carts have supplanted cars.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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These Lululemon fall essentials are selling fast, so don’t wait too long to add them to your cart.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ancient long barrow, located at the border of the villages Dlouhé Dvory and Lípa in the country’s eastern Bohemia region, measures roughly 620 feet long and 50 feet wide at its largest point.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2024
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Another Bronze Age cemetery located ten miles from Stonehenge features 20 barrows, or circular mounds, some of which show signs of cremation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sandoz wheeled a roughly 250-pound condensing unit into place on a hand truck with the grace of a ballroom dancer.—
Andrew Ford,
USA TODAY,
11 Sep. 2024
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“Wheelbarrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheelbarrow. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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