four by four
Example Sentences
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It's considered the "four by four" version of the Arctic dog class because they're used to pulling heavy weights for long distances, according to Joan Sheehan from The Alaskan Malamute Club of the UK.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
Guests can volunteer at a turtle sanctuary just down the beach or take a four by four into the mountains to meet cacao and coffee growers.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
If we get together in the four by four, I'm gonna do my job and he's going to do his job and USA are gonna bring the gold home.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012
Samaras has a way of undercutting, or predicting, his more "mainstream" contemporaries; in 1961, for instance, he laid 16 square textured tiles flat on the ground, four by four, as a sculpture.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Kawasaki four by four, powered by a 400cc engine with automatic transmission.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
