hand truck

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Recent Examples of hand truck John Irving, a lawyer representing one of the two employees who moved the boxes, said the worker did not know what was in them and was only trying to help Trump valet Walt Nauta, who was using a dolly or hand truck to move a number of boxes. BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 The back doors roll up, and a crew of delivery workers begins sorting and stacking hundreds of boxes and pouches onto rolling dollies and hand trucks. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 May 2023 The hand truck cart has room for a circular saw, an impact driver, fasteners, accessories, a nail apron and hammer. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 There are different types of dollies, including one designed for moving appliances; a hand truck made for moving boxes; and a flat floor dolly made for moving furniture. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hand truck
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Noun
  • Visitors can watch humpback whales surface offshore, ride a tram above downtown, stand face-to-face with or even on Mendenhall Glacier, a river of ice flowing from the vast Juneau Icefield.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Edinburgh has a brand-new tram system that takes you to all the sights.
    Riza Cruz, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The truck was traveling along the Dhaka-Tangail highway and overturned into a roadside ditch near the eastern end of the Jamuna Bridge, Bangladesh's second-longest bridge, reported local newspaper The Daily Star.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • The truck pulling up outside won’t have a logo on it.
    Patrick van Esch, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Eventually Rex was hoisted into a wheelbarrow and rolled into Westfall's backyard.
    Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Advertisement Opened in 1936 as the Park Avenue Retail Market, La Marqueta was originally created to bring pushcart vendors under one roof and improve access to fresh food for working-class New Yorkers.
    Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 May 2026
  • Stairs aren't an option for Mitchell, who needs a walker or pushcart to get around, and takes the Metra Electric Line twice a week to care for her mother.
    Megan De Mar, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Giving up the money wagon now could be premature.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • During a time when Lane Kiffin once again became the target of fans everywhere, his new AD stepped up and circled the wagons.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The 6-to-1 grocery method — six vegetables, five fruits, four proteins, three starches, two sauces, one fun item — has caught on as a low-effort way to nudge the cart toward what the research keeps recommending.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
  • Why these dollar store kitchen gadgets matter now Not every dollar store gadget belongs in your cart.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 27 May. 2026.

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