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In late August, CNN witnessed half a dozen small peaceful protests in the capital Dhaka and south-eastern city of Cox’s Bazar – on niche issues such as doctors trying to prevent paramedics from gaining medical licenses, and rickshaw drivers campaigning against electric rickshaws.
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Rebecca Wright, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
The whole family piled into a rickshaw to the hospital.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Kim shared photos on her Instagram Stories as she was welcomed by hotel staff who greeted her with flowers before the pair rode a rickshaw through Mumbai.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
Everyone wants his own personal rickshaw and rice paddy.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Rebecca Wright, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
The whole family piled into a rickshaw to the hospital.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Kim shared photos on her Instagram Stories as she was welcomed by hotel staff who greeted her with flowers before the pair rode a rickshaw through Mumbai.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
Everyone wants his own personal rickshaw and rice paddy.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
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Contrary to what anyone thought, Kyle was not going to fly from Michigan to Baltimore to be Gabe’s limousine driver.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Escorted by Cardinal John Cody, the pontiff was serenaded by a group of 30 violin players, aged 3 to 15, before departing in a limousine.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
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He was last seen sidling his way onto Dickinson’s water taxi.Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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This week, an idyllic beach on Fire Island was the site of a populist coup: Long an exclusive area for residents of the affluent nearby village of Bellport, Ho-Hum Beach was suddenly opened to everyone on Tuesday after a rival town supervisor began ferrying people over by water taxi.Bridget Read, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2024
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The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
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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
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Stephen is in a taxi; his obstacles are a chatty driver and roadworks.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The city has designated the 17th of each month as Ohtani Day, meaning bank workers, taxi drivers and civil servants go to work in their Dodgers garb.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
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In the passenger cab, the front fascia is made up of a steel and gold topographic map of the Furka Pass, where Bond played cat and mouse with Goldfinger and his henchman Oddjob.David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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