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trolley

[trol-ee] / ˈtrɒl i /


NOUN
lazy Susan
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In the southern Athens seaside suburb of Glyfada, a pensioner struggles to cross an avenue with her shopping trolley, zigzagging between cars stuck in traffic.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Local attractions—in addition to the architecture—include the surrounding vineyards, trolley rides through the city center, ghost tours, and the annual Danish heritage festival.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

"In the past, you'd see sellers bringing them in by the trolley load, with crowds gathered around," she says.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Besides the chapel, they are a trolley station, a wing of barracks and the superintendent’s and governor’s residences.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

Ophie tucked her head inside the collar of her coat as much as she could and prayed for the trolley to hurry.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

From time to time, waiters pushing trolleys roll past carrying sides of roast beef, to be carved at diners’ tables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

At roughly the same time, a 16-year-old prankster from Ohio named Jake Paul was posting six-second Vine videos - chatting to pineapples in supermarkets and climbing into strangers' shopping trolleys for a laugh.

From BBC Dec. 19, 2025

I glanced up at the windows of my old office as I biked back toward home, then wove among buses and trolleys on Market Street thinking of how I missed even my commute.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Take in Laguna Beach via one of its free trolleys — and find a host of quirky surf shops, a bounty of galleries and a community dedicated to free-spirited whimsy.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

The fitful, ghost-powered trolleys were always making unexpected turns, shut- ding her off into unknown parts of the city.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“I’m being trolleyed on Twitter,” Edina whines to Saffron, clearly more concerned about her own reputation than the fate of a supermodel she was hoping to use as a cash cow for her PR business.

From Washington Post Jul. 21, 2016

After the final, as German fans trolleyed pints of Happy until the small hours, residents of Brussels complained to one policeman about the noise.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2016

Traditionally, he saws a woman in half, and the boxed halves are trolleyed on-and offstage during a good part of the evening.

From Time Magazine Archive

James and Margaret had trolleyed over to see Roger and Helen from Glen Point, about three quarters of an hour's ride from Rosemont where the Mortons lived.

From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

On the way back from Ossining, they trolleyed to Dobbs’ Ferry and visited the old Washington Headquarters there.

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

As for the metallic pepperpot-shaped aliens, created by designer Raymond Cusick, Ms Webb remembers rehearsals with actors "trolleying" around on castors in just the bottom halves of the characters that would become The Doctor's nemesis.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

She has become a familiar trope in film and television, trolleying around with fag ash, drink spilling, hem riding up, and is almost always white.

From The Guardian Jan. 12, 2020

Greenfield, where the party spent the night, they found to be a pleasant old town with the wide, tree-bordered streets to which they were growing accustomed in this trolleying pilgrimage.

From Ethel Morton at Rose House by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Don was for trolleying over to the shore, having a dip in the ocean and returning to school in good time.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.

I'm just trolleying out to father's to see what an evening session will do.

From A Reversible Santa Claus by Nicholson, Meredith




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