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Recent Examples of handbasket
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
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NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbasket
Noun
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Rosario was holding a grocery basket that had a hubcap in it and was also holding a large stick in one hand when Owusu first approached him, Bishop said.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a pot with a large steamer basket in place.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
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Always shake the carton before using because the milk solids tend to settle.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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The recalled products were distributed to pharmacies nationwide, packaged in cartons containing 60 tablets packed into 10 blister strips of six tablets.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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The largest room serves as a storage room and, when boxes and crates are shifted to the walls, a dining hall for feast days.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Laura Kruger, a curator at the Hebrew Union College Museum, holds crates and boxes of Hilu’s sketches and gave him several museum shows.Alissa Simon, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Leilani was accused of assaulting her son with an unknown object before disposing of the body in a trash bin.Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Robots are also mostly task-specific, so data from a cargo-loading machine might not really help improve a robot picking out objects from a bin.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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At his funeral, my cousins displayed an Ohtani jersey near his casket.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Svengoolie stands in his casket, about to say good night for now.Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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To protect themselves against the jungle’s many predators, the kids hid in tree trunks.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The full mesh front was a bonus in some ways—like making tiny socks easy to find quickly—but did not make these cubes a great option for my stank run shorts or soggy swim trunks.Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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You would be instructed to place your clothing and personal items in a locker.Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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The evidence, found in a Seattle storage locker that belonging to Alcala, included hundreds of photographs of unidentified women, girls, and boys, some of whom were nude or in compromising positions, per ABC News.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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