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Recent Examples of buckboard
Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckboard
Noun
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But in one hamlet of about 2,800 residents in the northwest corner of the Sunflower State, once little more than a stop on a stagecoach route, there is no shame in running for president and losing.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2025
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Lilley often doubled for Victor French, rode stagecoaches and wagons and served as the series’ stunt coordinator.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ben-Hur's famous chariot race retains its jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing power decades later, rivaling even modern action films for sheer scale.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Musetti tried their utmost to change the script at the Italian Open, but this was always a two-horse chariot race.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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And climate change means that globally summers on average could get less buggy.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Like the rest of the state, winters there are bitterly cold, summers are hot, muggy, and buggy.—
Paddy O'Connell,
Outside Online,
1 May 2025
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His diary-like home production This Is Not a Film was produced under house arrest, while the masterful Taxi was shot within the confines of a cab that the director himself drove around Tehran.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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This yellow cab charm in particular is an appropriate symbol of the city: right up there with a pretzel and a pigeon.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2022
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Sea grass stands tall outside the property, and there’s a 40-foot pool out back, surrounded by chaises.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2025
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Best Last-Minute Way Day Patio Deals Transform porches, patios, and decks with weather-resistant seating, Adirondack chairs, side tables, and chaise loungers.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The brand said the original Revolt roadster would be delivered in 2022, a year that came and went.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
13 May 2025
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In 1996, the New York City Museum of Modern Art acknowledged the E-Type, adding a Jaguar roadster to its permanent design collection.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
11 May 2025
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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 May 2022
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The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.—
Doug MacCash,
NOLA.com,
17 Sep. 2017
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“Buckboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckboard. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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