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When the Tories collapsed, in 1830, and the Whigs had a fresh shot at power, a massive working- and middle-class movement—sending petitions by the cartload to Parliament—made Grey the prime minister.—
Danielle Allen,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026 The items fill seven cartloads, at nearly $100 a cart.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025 The drilling was coming from the massive construction project next door, which eventually gave way to cartloads of rocks and dirt that wheezed out dust that clogged the air-conditioner.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
30 July 2025 In one shocking case, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, a man pushing a cartload of power washers out of a Home Depot shoved an eighty-two-year-old employee to the concrete floor without breaking stride.—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2024