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a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.
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Recent Examples of wheelbarrows
Visitors pay between $75 and $90 to choose and cut their own trees, with saws and wheelbarrows provided.
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Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Several customers were busy filling the available wheelbarrows with their choices.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Turn over wheelbarrows and change the water in birdbaths at least twice a week.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Several customers were busy filling the available wheelbarrows with their choices.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Turn over wheelbarrows and change the water in birdbaths at least twice a week.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
Some visitors walked around casually, looking at the ground, while others brought wagons and wheelbarrows to haul supplies.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrows
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By the time Victor Villa arrived at his restaurant Villa’s Tacos in Highland Park on Monday afternoon, a mob of press surrounded him, a line of customers had stretched down the block since daybreak, and cars and TV-news satellite trucks circled the parking lot, double parked in front of red curbs.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the heavily Latino area of south Oklahoma City, ICE agents have been patrolling in unmarked vehicles and stopping work trucks of roofers, painters and electricians, Brooks Jimenez said.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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Such milk wagons were used from the late 1800s through the 1960s, the library said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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So there appears to have been no personal touch involved even though Democrats are known to circle the wagons to defend one of their own.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some teachers might use carts for a year or two instead of having their own classroom, but the district’s demographic study shows enrollment will continue to decrease, so that problem will go away.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Set in a former carriage house in Soho, the duplex includes a clubby bar room with exquisitely prepared drinks, and an upstairs dining room dressed up in white linen tablecloths and classic red banquettes, complete with roving Martini carts.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Wheelbarrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheelbarrows. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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