rickshaw

variants also ricksha

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rickshaw Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Meanwhile, Mr. Inagaki, the rickshaw puller, is leveraging his Mandarin and making connections on Chinese apps. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2025 To that end, it's said to be 200 mm longer than a typical rickshaw, and its roof height is about 35 mm more too. New Atlas, 31 Jan. 2025 The bomb, which was attached to a motorcycle, exploded near a motorized rickshaw that was carrying schoolchildren in Mastung, according to local police chief Fateh Mohammad. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 The rickshaw also carried police officers assigned to protect polio workers. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rickshaw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
Noun
  • In choosing a name for the new business, managers borrowed the trademark of a Sears product, Allstate Automobile Tire. 1981: At 8:30 p.m., a limousine carrying Mayor Jane Byrne from a $150-a-plate dinner in the Conrad Hilton hotel pulled up to the Cabrini-Green housing development.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The electric motors of the new limousine provide ample power with smooth delivery.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In a statement obtained PEOPLE, the city denied reports from Italian and international media outlets that weddings organizers for the Amazon founder, 61, and former journalist, 55, had booked large amounts of hotel rooms as well as gondolas and water taxis for daily transportation.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This getaway includes water taxi tickets for viewing the beautiful cherry blossoms along the Potomac shoreline.
    Taryn White, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers.
    Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Officer Tietjen was stationed at the PATH station in Midtown and commandeered a taxi to reach the World Trade Center.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • One thing that every taxi driver will talk about these days is Donald Trump.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While Tensley is best known for Rhône varieties like syrah and grenache, his entry-level cab delivers impressive value, offering glimpses of the purity of fruit and intensity that define his more powerful flagship bottlings.
    Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
  • How does your partner treat those around them: the waiter at the restaurant, the cab driver and perhaps even your friends?
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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