Example Sentences

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The corridor's economics would improve if trains could be lengthened from around 15 wagons to 25 and potentially to 50, but that depends on track condition and infrastructure.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Mr. Crytzer’s narrative hums along with the National Road’s traffic as he colorfully describes Pony Express riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons and many thousands of migrants wending ever westward, feeding the nation’s economic and territorial growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The club had three station wagons and a long blue limousine when Bennett began chauffeuring at age 17.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

And so the tents began to come down, and the suitcases, shopping carts, wagons, bicycles, etc., began to fill up.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

When trucks began to replace horses and wagons, he scoffed at the idea, labeling the trucks as a mere fad that would never last.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers