: very large
the judge awarded them a boxcar figure
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Adjective
a boxcar pile of paper
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The Webb County Medical Examiner is pointing to hyperthermia as the cause of death for the six individuals found in a Union Pacific boxcar in Laredo on Sunday, May 10, as a seventh possible body was found in San Antonio.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn’t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
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All six people whose remains were discovered in a boxcar in South Texas died from heatstroke before they were found by law enforcement, Laredo Mayor Victor Treviño said at a news conference Thursday.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The Webb County Medical Examiner is pointing to hyperthermia as the cause of death for the six individuals found in a Union Pacific boxcar in Laredo on Sunday, May 10, as a seventh possible body was found in San Antonio.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Adjective
Among many items featured is the rich discovery of a guitar that belonged to a woman who was part of a trio of singers who performed at a boxcar church.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn’t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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