rickshaw

variants also ricksha

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rickshaw Bumped and bustled on scruffy buses, crowded trains and narrow rickshaws. Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 But there was no rest for the weary, as once Frank books Ryan, Lewis and the camera hopped onto a rickshaw to get pulled back down the road to hand the camera off to a drone. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for rickshaw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickshaw
Noun
  • The town cars and limousines began to arrive at sundown.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • Air Force One received fighter jet escorts, honor guards stood by with golden swords in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the presidential limousine was welcomed by riders on camelback in Doha, Qatar.
    Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The ferry is a public water taxi that allows people to bypass the traffic on the Memorial Causeway bridge and sail across Clearwater Harbor for a small fee.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Whether shared or private, water taxis are even more convenient and are readily available from nearby islands.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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
  • But low pay for drivers isn’t fundamental to the business of taxi and food delivery work.
    Daniel Ocampo, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Based on the current taxi and ride-hailing car market, Bank of America estimates total demand for eVTOL air taxis could reach 200,000 units in the future.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Aurora trucking, in their recent launch, was keeping a human in the back of the truck cab as well as having remote monitors.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • There may well be even more cab drivers who have been targeted as part of the larger pattern.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025

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“Rickshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickshaw. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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