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Recent Examples of oxcart
Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck.
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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
As Bob Ruppert writes in Journal of the American Revolution, the rebels loaded the statue’s mangled remains onto oxcarts bound for a foundry in Litchfield, Connecticut.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
The old man braves a nocturnal phantasmagoria of three-hooved horses, zombies with leafy heads, a demoness toting souls in an oxcart.
—New York Times, 27 June 2018
Some of his relatives still plowed up their fields with bulls tied to oxcarts.
—Sam Petulla, CNN, 15 Mar. 2018
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
As Bob Ruppert writes in Journal of the American Revolution, the rebels loaded the statue’s mangled remains onto oxcarts bound for a foundry in Litchfield, Connecticut.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
The old man braves a nocturnal phantasmagoria of three-hooved horses, zombies with leafy heads, a demoness toting souls in an oxcart.
—New York Times, 27 June 2018
Some of his relatives still plowed up their fields with bulls tied to oxcarts.
—Sam Petulla, CNN, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oxcart
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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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While bikes are permitted, the most efficient way to deliver packages are through dray wagon horse carriages.Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2019
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German Fest includes wagon rides, live music, a fish fry, an appearance by Santa Claus and a Christmas Market.Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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The city’s famous Basque Block downtown will have daily street parties and feature traditional Basque competitions like wagon lifting and wood chopping.Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Acer Swift 3 OLED is available with a 29% discount right now, making for a good moment to add this one to your cart.Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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In the past month alone, more than 500 people have added the popular blanket to their carts in preparation for the cool weeks ahead.Nicol Natale, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oxcart. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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