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- noun Plural form of
tuk-tuk .
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Other races are more focused on an experience, such as the Rickshaw Challenge, where participants pilot the three-wheeled vehicles also known as tuk-tuks to drive as far as 1,180 miles across India.
Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011
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Some participants were already concerned about the dependability of their unorthodox vehicles, an inexpensive transport mainstay in many Asian nations sometimes known as "tuk-tuks" -- but one not particularly famous for travelling long distances.
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But lost in a hostile world of tuk-tuks, roundabouts, and left lane driving, we found ourselves in a cab after delivering the bikes back to the hotel a mere two hours later.
Peter Winter: Driving at Night in Thailand Peter Winter 2011
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But lost in a hostile world of tuk-tuks, roundabouts, and left lane driving, we found ourselves in a cab after delivering the bikes back to the hotel a mere two hours later.
Peter Winter: Driving at Night in Thailand Peter Winter 2011
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The flimsy tuk-tuks navigated streets while threading between barreling trucks.
Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011
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Bangkok is a vibrant, bustling city teeming with energy and tuk-tuks.
Peter Winter: Driving at Night in Thailand Peter Winter 2011
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Bangkok is a vibrant, bustling city teeming with energy and tuk-tuks.
Peter Winter: Driving at Night in Thailand Peter Winter 2011
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Dan Park In the Rickshaw Challenge, participants race three-wheeled 'tuk-tuks' up to 1,180 miles across India.
Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011
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It also involves re-engineering a new line of tiny trucks and three-wheel "tuk-tuks" that keep India's economy humming along.
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It was now a bustling mini-metropolis of speeding tuk-tuks driven by teenage Indians, some of whom wore wireless-cell-phone earpieces.
The Grateful Living 2007
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