barrow

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Recent Examples of barrow The ancient long barrow, located at the border of the villages Dlouhé Dvory and Lípa in the country’s eastern Bohemia region, measures roughly 620 feet long and 50 feet wide at its largest point. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2024 Another Bronze Age cemetery located ten miles from Stonehenge features 20 barrows, or circular mounds, some of which show signs of cremation. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023 One such barrow likely started as an oval, but was later reworked into a shape that was more circular. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023 Beneath this barrow, archaeologists found a mass grave, which held the remains of both children and adults. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023 The burial ground includes more than 20 barrows, or circular mounds. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023 One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow. Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023 They were buried in a prominent position marked by small barrow mounds (ancient burial places covered with a large mound of earth and stones). Duncan Sayer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022 The 56-year-old was taken to hospital in a wheel barrow and was hospitalized for ten days. CNN, 12 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrow
Noun
  • Gardeners who want a heavy-duty wheelbarrow for constant use should check out Home Depot’s options.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Teams had to choose between finding a bracelet in ginormous haystacks and delivering heaps of heavy wood via backpack and wheelbarrow, and both tasks turned out to be feats of strength.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, hill peaks, or ridge tops.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
  • Synopsis: Set in a timeless English village, where everything is picturesque – everything, that is, except for the vampires living in the castle on the hill who come out at night for a little drink of the locals.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Under her helm, Que-Azcona grew the pharmacy that was started by his father in a pushcart in 1945.
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • What began as a pushcart business is now run by third-generation family owners, who are committed to keeping up the company’s longtime standard for excellence.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Stone cairns, serpentine walls, earthen mounds, balance rocks, ancient spring wells, and interesting stone enclosures have been identified as potential early cultural evidence of pre-European native use.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
  • The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.
    Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Being in the middle often means waiting until the beverage cart rolls by—or worse, asking your seatmate to get up.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
  • Imagine a product team is redesigning a checkout flow to reduce cart abandonment.
    Antara Dave, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The clip transitioned into a few family photos before showcasing videos of his children doing impressive flips and jumps down the mountain, with the ease of professionals.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • The 33-year-old inmate, Angel Gaxiola, was discovered missing by the staff during a head count at Holton Conservation Camp, which is in the mountains northeast of Sylmar, about 9 p.m. Sunday, the department said.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • No trams run between the parking areas and the park.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
  • By 2011, Spain’s narrow-gauge operator FEVE had already demonstrated a hydrogen tram in the Principality of Asturias—years ahead of similar efforts in China or Germany.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • With starts against the White Sox and Cardinals up next, though, there isn’t a better young, high-upside starter with a good schedule and iffy results so far, so Leiter stands atop the heap.
    Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • His origins have muddied with time as multiple continuities, retcons, and heaps of unlockable dossiers have fleshed out his history.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025

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“Barrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrow. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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