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Recent Examples of barrow
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.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2024
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
One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow.
—Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023
They were buried in a prominent position marked by small barrow mounds (ancient burial places covered with a large mound of earth and stones).
—Duncan Sayer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
The 56-year-old was taken to hospital in a wheel barrow and was hospitalized for ten days.
—CNN, 12 May 2022
Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2024
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
One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow.
—Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023
They were buried in a prominent position marked by small barrow mounds (ancient burial places covered with a large mound of earth and stones).
—Duncan Sayer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
The 56-year-old was taken to hospital in a wheel barrow and was hospitalized for ten days.
—CNN, 12 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrow
Noun
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Turn over wheelbarrows and change the water in birdbaths at least twice a week.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Stone cairns, serpentine walls, earthen mounds, balance rocks, ancient spring wells, and interesting stone enclosures have been identified as potential early cultural evidence of pre-European native use.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2025
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The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.—
Olivia James,
Outside Online,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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During the holidays, Leader pulls a cart filled with candy and gifts to give to staff, patients and families at the Naval hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, to spread cheer.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This slim and tall metal cart has three shelves and can slip into tiny spaces, such as bathroom corners and closets.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The post also includes videos of Twiggs skiing down a mountain.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The evening after Jîna’s death, on assignment for the newspaper Ham-Mihan, my friend and colleague Elaheh Mohammadi drove eight hours overnight, through winding mountains and narrow roads, to Saqqez, Jîna’s hometown in Kurdistan.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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Thousands of skeletal creatures were lying on bunks unable to move, while dead bodies were piled in heaps all around the camp, reeking of putrefaction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Barrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrow. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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