pushcart

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Recent Examples of pushcart The beloved East Coast grocery chain began with two brothers selling produce from a pushcart in 1916; now fourth-gen CEO Colleen Wegman has expanded it beyond 100 locations. Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 Joan scrambled to dump the pushcart of her possessions into a Coney Island trash can on the beach off the boardwalk way down from her building so her landlord wouldn’t see. Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Besides, there's something almost poetic about Nick's losing to a food truck, considering the hallowed eatery got its start as a hamburger pushcart that founder Nick Freienstein wheeled around Huntington's town square in 1904. Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2025 Like iconic Pacific Northwest coffee brand Starbucks, Dutch Bros also got its start in the uppermost region of the contiguous U.S., founded in 1992 by two brothers and a pushcart in Oregon. Sydney Cella, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pushcart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushcart
Noun
  • Essentials for the day are grabbing a wheelbarrow to pick the perfect pumpkin, going on a tractor ride and enjoying a slice of pumpkin pie.
    Staff report, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • House the fall display in an antique wheelbarrow for a perfectly charming presentation.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their bodies were found with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck, court documents obtained by USA TODAY showed.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The ferry takes four hours to cross the lake, a 60-mile cruise, that takes passengers, autos, RVs, tour buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and commercial trucks across Lake Michigan between Ludington and Manitowoc.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Maybe the Packers are a wagon — Green Bay's defense was excellent, and Micah Parsons only played limited snaps on Sunday — but Goff holding onto the ball for that long isn't inspiring a lot of confidence going forward.
    Austin Mock, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But by mid-2020, the commissioner appeared to have fallen off the wagon, according to political insiders around him.
    Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Sandoz wheeled a roughly 250-pound condensing unit into place on a hand truck with the grace of a ballroom dancer.
    Andrew Ford, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024

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“Pushcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushcart. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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