hitchhike

Example Sentences

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While diving, he saw a shark with a remora—a fish which uses suction to hitchhike on larger species—attached to its body, and he had an idea.

From National Geographic • Oct. 23, 2023

Horsehair worms are born in water and use aquatic insects like mayflies to hitchhike to dry land, where they sit tight until they are eaten by terrestrial insects such as crickets or mantises.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

The event's organisers arranged for buses to take people from the road to the nearby city of Reno - but some people say they had to pay for rides or hitchhike out of the area.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

“It’s an amazing, magical, healing place,” Yerkes said, adding that people are so friendly that many often hitchhike to work during the summer.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

What would they think of me if they knew I sometimes had to hitchhike to school?

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie