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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

In sweltering heat at a fuel station, 24-year-old Tushar wielded a hammer as he fitted a Trump face cover to a three-wheeled rickshaw.

From Barron's ● May 22, 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

But they had borrowed a lot of money to buy the 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

Footage from the location showed remains of a charred white car and a number of other gutted vehicles, including an autorickshaw and cycle rickshaws.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2025

The sweet scent of food carts selling guava and bananas blends with blooming jasmine, burning incense, and the fragrant fumes of auto rickshaws driving by.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

My insides gurgle a little as we head to where the rickshaws are waiting, but I think it’s nerves.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan


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