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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

Riggs followed on a rickshaw pulled by women wearing "Sugar Daddy" t-shirts - the name of a candy company.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 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

“Why don’t you finish your alpana design, my daughter? That way you can keep an eye on the rickshaw, too.”

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

The city was bursting with sounds; the shouts of vendors rang in my ears mingled with the blare of Hindi music, the sputtering of rickshaws, and the jin­gling bells of horse-drawn carts.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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