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barrow

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /


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For hundreds of years, Norwegians thought they knew who or what had been interred in an enormous barrow on the island of Leka, which is just off the country’s northern coast, facing the Atlantic Ocean.

From New York Times May 31, 2024

To help his mother, he pushed a barrow of vegetables around town every evening - just as his grandfather had.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2023

Aged 15, he was selling mobile phone accessories from a barrow in the capital Lagos and sending money home.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2023

Fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010 after a local official confiscated his barrow.

From Reuters Jul. 25, 2022

Then suddenly he knew that he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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