buckboard

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Recent Examples of buckboard The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard. Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
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Noun
  • There was a stagecoach on blocks up at this steakhouse.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • Another historic gem, Black Mountain Inn, was built in the 1830s as a stagecoach stop.
    Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guareña, has turned up a remarkable specimen, an extraordinary bronze votive chariot, the likes of which has never been uncovered in the Iberian Peninsula.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 June 2026
  • Like watching a chariot crash with a rider named Oedipus.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
  • The first cars looked like horse buggies.
    Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab.
    ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Firefighters extinguished a blaze that had consumed the truck’s cab and trailer, as well as debris along the railroad.
    Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Martha moved the antique wicker chaise below out to her driveway and sprayed it dusty rose to match the bedroom's walls.
    Dan Shaw, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
  • In a photo shared in her People cover story, which was shot by photographer Ruven Afanador, Shakira could be seen lounging on a brocade-upholstered chaise while modeling a nude cowl neck slip dress made out of nothing but mesh.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The 1,578 hp roadster is the latest one-off calling card from the French marque’s Sur Mesure division, which specializes in customization.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • The Polestar 5 sedan and Polestar 6 roadster the company also had in the works will likewise not reach American shores.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2022
  • The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017

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“Buckboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckboard. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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