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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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All that is left now is his motorbike, one red bicycle and an assortment of tools.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

County after he injured his leg in a bicycle accident on the island.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

And Fernando said he’s more likely to see a retired neighbor gardening than a child on a bicycle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

“My bicycle went to war one year before its owner,” he said.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

In July, NPR reported that the department had taken down important safety data about crashes involving cars and bicycles and pedestrians, which are used by city planners to figure out where to focus road improvements.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

But during the decades of its existence, it touched the lives of countless people, both those who worked there and those who enjoyed its bicycles.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The study also found that individuals involved in e-bike collisions suffer more injuries than those in collisions involving traditional bicycles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The six-month pilot started in July and uses the same batteries as many electric bicycles.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

The yard full of bicycles and balls and dirty sneakers.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

In 1970, he bicycled 3,300 miles from Los Angeles to New York to promote fitness.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 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

Oregon lawmakers in 2019 established a unique Tri-Met Crash Advisory Committee at the prodding of Darla Sturdy, whose 16-year-old son was fatally hit in 2003 by a train as he bicycled in suburban Gresham.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2022

Nicole slowly bicycled her legs out in front of her.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Post retirement, I have returned to avid road bicycling and those years pedaling a heavy steel single-speed bike with 20 pounds of papers in all kinds of weather has really paid off.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

While bicycling to work, he saw the growing number of green trash bins popping up on curbs.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 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

She had been bicycling through the air, ice cream in her hand and a book floating in front of her face.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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