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rickshaw

[rik-shaw, -shah] / ˈrɪk ʃɔ, -ʃɑ /


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Every day by 9 a.m., she and her husband arrive on a cycle rickshaw from home with a gas stove and other paraphernalia and work until around 5 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

With the shelves of state-run shops glaringly empty and public transport drying up, Mipymes and the self-employed now dominate retail food sales and ferry people about -- by taxi, rickshaw and motorbike.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

His family brought the bodies here on an electric rickshaw or tuk-tuk.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

“We will have a beautiful future, God willing,” said Mahmoud Mustafa, a rickshaw driver clutching a plastic food bowl.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

As she listened Naima caught sight of an old-fashioned rickshaw.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

Next to his shop is a parking lot for cycle rickshaws, another crisis-proof mode of transportation.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

“Now most of us are doing work like driving rickshaws and taxis,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2025

For days, huge columns of Palestinians have streamed southwards from Gaza City in donkey carts, rickshaws, vehicles strapped high with belongings, and on foot.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

Flavorful street food sizzles on every corner, rickshaws and scooters blare their horns in symphonic competition, and cats and dogs thread between your legs as pedestrians shuffle shoulder to shoulder.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

So behind the motorcar came a dozen or so rickshaws, bouncing up and down like crickets following a large shiny beetle.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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