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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
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.
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Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Gael Morales drops an extra stake in a wheelbarrow as crews work to stabilize Christmas trees following flooding, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at a farm in Georgetown, Texas.
—CBS News, 11 July 2025
Highlights are karaoke contest, grapefruit bowling, wheelbarrow races, flapjack toss contest.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
Additionally, maneuvering a heavy wheelbarrow full of yard waste and compost up and down a hill is significantly more challenging than moving a wheelbarrow across a level surface.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Gael Morales drops an extra stake in a wheelbarrow as crews work to stabilize Christmas trees following flooding, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at a farm in Georgetown, Texas.
—CBS News, 11 July 2025
Highlights are karaoke contest, grapefruit bowling, wheelbarrow races, flapjack toss contest.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
Additionally, maneuvering a heavy wheelbarrow full of yard waste and compost up and down a hill is significantly more challenging than moving a wheelbarrow across a level surface.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wheelbarrow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
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The two initially sold coffee out of a pushcart by the railroad tracks in downtown Grants Pass.—
Carl Weiser,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Sep. 2025
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Dutch Bros started as a pushcart coffee operation in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, in 1992, according to the company’s website.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Do not follow large vehicles closely - Large vehicles like trucks or buses can create a spray of water that can reduce your visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The mission of those events is to get the truck in front of people who are interested in it, those who are already reservation holders and to introduce the company and truck to people who have never heard of Slate.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a statement on Facebook, the Portuguese transport workers’ union announced that the driver of the tram, André Jorge Gonçalves Marques, had died.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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An American tourist was reportedly stabbed in the face by a Syrian asylum seeker in Germany while protecting two women being harassed on a tram.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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But by mid-2020, the commissioner appeared to have fallen off the wagon, according to political insiders around him.—
Joey Flechas,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Twenty years later, Volvo revived the V90 wagon for 2017 as a companion to the 2017 Volvo S90 flagship sedan.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Getting your tiny house is as simple as checking out your Amazon cart and preparing for delivery.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Define success with metrics like revenue per session, cart add rate, search abandonment or shopper engagement.—
Keshav Agrawal,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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