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bicycle

[bahy-si-kuhl, -sik-uhl, -sahy-kuhl] / ˈbaɪ sɪ kəl, -ˌsɪk əl, -ˌsaɪ kəl /
NOUN
pedal-driven recreational vehicle
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As food ran low over the summer, she said, he decided to make the journey by bicycle to Radensk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

But an Instagram page dedicated to monitoring inaccurate or misleading race times posted by influencers published a picture which appeared to show Sun on a bicycle between the 35km and and 40km marks.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"I just lived my life in it, and I went on my bicycle and shopping and what not. And people really liked it," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Half of that money came from Aaron Sosnick, a Reno-based hedge fund manager who has been pushing for the city to expand its network of bus and bicycle lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

PPS I just saw a boy ride down the street on a bicycle.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

The couple avoids inflation by downsizing, using bicycles and buses instead of owning a car, and using hoarded frequent-flier miles for flights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I've brought over the man who repairs bicycles in Wolvercote, people who repair sewing, people who do computers, who sharpen knives."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

There are hundreds of specialised manufacturing towns in China, producing items ranging from bicycles to socks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

But officials are most concerned about young riders on the electric bicycles and motorcycles outfitted with the most powerful motors that can sometimes outrun police vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

I remembered his hand on my shoulder, guiding me on our bicycles through the blacked-out streets to Pickwick’s.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

We have seen many candidates in the 32 states we’ve bicycled through in the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Over the years, she had painted murals in Ghana, worked as a cook and amateur D.J. in Antarctica, and bicycled from Southern California to Maine.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

During World War II, as a girl, she had bicycled across Amsterdam, delivering coded messages for her sister, a nurse in the resistance.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023

When friends clacked at keyboards, examined patients, or taught middle schoolers math, I bicycled Arthur's froggy legs because humans aren't born knowing how to pass gas.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022

It came with Mr. Fleming, the telegraphist, who bicycled over to our house with it in his pouch.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Harstine, 70, a semiretired orchard packer, said he has noticed Hispanic men bicycling through the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Well, bicycling is one of the most tangible ways of explaining democracy.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024

Examples of light physical activity are long walks, house chores, slow dancing, slow swimming, and slow bicycling.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

Damian Kevitt, cyclist and founder of nonprofit Streets Are for Everyone, which advocates for bicycling safety, pointed at CalTrans when saying improvements were crucial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

“It was fine. I don't know. I don't really like big group outings. I don’t really even like bicycling, but I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that.”

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse




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