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Recent Examples of oxcart
Luckily for the pair, a man in an oxcart soon passed.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans
The days of freighters and oxcarts making their arduous way across Texas and Mexico from Indianola ended in 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad joined up in Victoria.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The geophysicists who’d loaned us the instrument were begging us to bring them back an oxcart and a pair of oxen, says Sheets.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Its founder, Henderson Lewelling, brought his fruit trees and his family overland by oxcart from Iowa.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
The looters stole a third object from the same site — a Skanda figure sitting on a peacock — transported it by oxcart to the border with Thailand and sold it for about $600.
—Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
Barges on the river and oxcarts on land brought thousands of tons of stone and other construction materials from faraway places in France to the building site.
—Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans
The days of freighters and oxcarts making their arduous way across Texas and Mexico from Indianola ended in 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad joined up in Victoria.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The geophysicists who’d loaned us the instrument were begging us to bring them back an oxcart and a pair of oxen, says Sheets.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Its founder, Henderson Lewelling, brought his fruit trees and his family overland by oxcart from Iowa.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
The looters stole a third object from the same site — a Skanda figure sitting on a peacock — transported it by oxcart to the border with Thailand and sold it for about $600.
—Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
Barges on the river and oxcarts on land brought thousands of tons of stone and other construction materials from faraway places in France to the building site.
—Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oxcart
Noun
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The situation is especially fraught for the nation’s 75,000 dray operators and other foot soldiers of the supply chain.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2022
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Both are made of quick-dray fabric with four-way stretch.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 July 2022
Noun
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By the time the wagon arrived at the Western District station, its sixth stop, Gray was unconscious.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Apr. 2025
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In a squad, a soldier rides one horse in the lead, six horses pull the caisson wagon, and a riderless horse follows.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The next generation of MCG devices, however, are much smaller and self-contained, able to be installed next to a hospital bed or brought to patients on a cart for point-of-care use.—
Jack Hidary,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Robles was later forced to leave the field on the back of a cart.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oxcart. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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