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Recent Examples of buckboard
Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckboard
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John Ford’s film made a star of John Wayne as the Ringo Kid, a fugitive from the law who’s called upon to protect a stagecoach traveling through dangerous territory.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Visitors often spent a week or more traveling by stagecoach or train to reach the resort.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
9 July 2025
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If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2023
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The session also featured the debut of a teaser trailer for the coming season, including the first look at Daniel Diemer as Tyson, the cyclops who befriends Percy (Walker Scobell), and a very brief glimpse at a chariot race at camp.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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And yet, everyone says the true standout scenes of the season actually take place back at Camp Half-Blood: the chariot races.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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Twin Pines history The Janssen family said that Twin Pines started after World War II, and its first deliveries were made by horse and buggy.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Current Russian strategy, for example, relies on small groups of troops on buggies, bikes, and foot advancing in the knowledge that most will not reach Ukrainian lines but that enough might to occupy some new ground.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2025
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In photos taken from the shoot, Roan — similar to the song’s artwork — sported absurdly long, Rapunzel-style hair while singing atop a fire escape and dragging behind a taxi cab.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
28 July 2025
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The plan was to have a drink and then take a cab to a theatre near King’s Cross station to see a movie.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2022
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Take a walk down the mile-long granite pathway to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse or relax in a chaise by the pool and order piña coladas straight to your seat.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
27 July 2025
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The frame of this chaise—aluminum covered in matte black powder coating—is lightweight enough to pick up and move around as the sun travels through the sky (i.e. great for sunbathing).—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
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David Zhang, former roadster and next-generation vehicle program manager at Tesla Departure: July 2024 Zhang, the manager behind Tesla’s Model S and Cybertruck, joined Tesla in 2015.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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The motorcycle’s sister company, plain old BMW, has shown a willingness to put its more head-turning concepts, like the Skytop roadster and Speedtop shooting brake, into production.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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“Buckboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckboard. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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