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wagon

[wag-uhn] / ˈwæg ən /




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Later, as we prepare to leave for the shoot, he clocks my car, a rare station wagon, and dubs it “spec-TAC-u-lar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Network Rail, which owns, operates, maintains and develops Britain's railways, claimed that the derailment occurred because the wagon had "not been maintained with reasonable care" by Touax.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“If you can hitch your wagon to his horse,” Manson said, “who cares how long it takes?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She packed us into the station wagon and drove us to the Village.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It was the top of our wagon line,” Eugene Hammond said.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Ships were stranded for lack of horse-drawn wagons to carry away their cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

It would be easy to look at all of this — the card tables, homemade jingles, wagons stacked with brightly colored boxes — and see only an exceptionally cute American ritual.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The incident saw 10 wagons of the 25-wagon train derail, causing 446,000 litres of fuel to spill, and about 300 people had to leave the area due to the blaze.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

On the worst grades, wagons were lifted and lowered by pulley and rope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

It was late that afternoon when Mr. Baker’s wagons crossed North River into Salem and drove to Turner’s Lane.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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