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motorcycle

[moh-ter-sahy-kuhl] / ˈmoʊ tərˌsaɪ kəl /


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Flavio Bolsonaro was taking part in a motorcycle rally about 400km away in Sao Paulo state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was killed in an on-duty crash Monday evening in the Central Valley, the law enforcement agency announced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Husband and wife Christopher and Janine Barton, from Barnsley, who were both travelling on the motorcycle, also died in the crash.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Canada’s motorcycle lobby has appealed for a truce, noting that dealerships employ thousands of people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Once Ralph’s indoor relatives had been happy to have Ralph push them up and down the halls on his motorcycle, but this treat was not enough for his rowdy outdoor relatives.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

The U.S. announced an outright ban on the importation of large motorcycles from Canada starting later this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The meetup, billed as the biggest weekly car show in the world, frequently draws hundreds of vehicles to the Outlets at San Clemente including hypercars, supercars, hot rods, muscle cars and motorcycles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

It was also carrying goods, an electric vehicle, a pickup truck and motorcycles.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The new tariffs will hit only some of these U.S. exports, affecting goods including steel, aluminum, dairy products, motorcycles and agricultural machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The streets are crowded with many more bicycles, motorcycles, and compact cars than in Phnom Penh.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

She has traveled and lived around the world, crisscrossed South America and Indonesia on her own, motorcycled through Europe and Turkey.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2019

He studied art at a Christian college and motorcycled through Europe in his early 20s to, he said, “sleep in fields and eat yogurt.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017

In 1908 he motorcycled from John O'Groats to Land's End.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2016

The soldier motorcycled in to see the artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

At ten forty-five, the paraders were halted for some reason, and the General's runners motorcycled down along the line of march and told the bandmasters to keep on playing the liveliest of tunes.

From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase

While many Chinese cities have restricted motorcycling, Chongqing has embraced it and become a biker's paradise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

That blocked the pipeline bringing new people into motorcycling, said Christy LaCurelle, president and chief executive of the Motorcycle Industry Council.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Tom Setterlund is a retired safety engineer who spends his time backcountry motorcycling, mostly on fire roads in the San Bernardino National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

So I’m proclaiming this my summer of motorcycling on rice and beans.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

"I've seen a red deer too," he said, "when I was motorcycling up to Ross this summer."

From The Judge by Rebecca West




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