rickshaw
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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
"We climbed up and jumped onto the rickshaw," says Islam.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
“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
And Saleem was riding by stony-faced, keeping his eyes straight ahead as he steered his father’s rickshaw up and down the lane.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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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
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
However, the oxcart today is on the brink of disappearance with tractors and motorized rickshaws increasingly replacing the older technology.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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