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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

"Some of their parents are rickshaw pullers, labourers, or tea vendors... Some cannot afford it and quit football. I feel like quitting too every time I see a girl leaving the game."

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

Jones, dressed as her character Nessa, was seen in a rickshaw on Barry seafront in south Wales, with her co-star Joanna Page, as Stacey, in the back.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2024

“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

“Where is the rickshaw repairman? Why has he kept you here for so long?”

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

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

But more than 90% of its 2.3 million electric vehicles are cheaper and more popular motorbikes, scooters, and rickshaws.

From Seattle Times Jan. 8, 2024

Surely painting rickshaws wasn’t much harder than designing alpanas.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins




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