bicycle
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In his 20s, he invented a bicycle powered by legs and arms to give riders an upper body workout and extra speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
This will be more than a typical evening at the Bowl, with dedicated Anderson-branded merchandise and uniformed bicycle riders dispensing candy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Today, she says everyday activities such as gardening and riding a stationary bicycle are far more enjoyable because of the reduction in pain.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Dot! I saw her go by on her bicycle, and she swore the pineapple hadn’t come in!”
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
In 1972, ordinary Californians circulated petitions, knocked on doors, and rode bicycles down the coast, rallying support for Proposition 20, which aimed to regulate coastal development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
On a recent afternoon, the Ezpawn near the Las Vegas airport is packed with everything from musical instruments and bicycles to preowned Louis Vuitton bags and Nike sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The buses operate as part of the Bee Network alongside trams and bicycles, which helps connect Manchester city centre with the areas around it like Salford, Bury and Rochdale.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
At the stand of Avinox, a manufacturer of motors for electric bicycles, the DNA of parent company and Chinese drone specialist DJI has been transposed to cycling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
‘If you want to I can get bicycles and we can go tomorrow. I have a holiday one Sunday a month.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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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
Before his death, Carroll, who had bicycled to the monastery almost every day, represented the sisters to city officials, relaying their concerns about the noise in the park.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 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
Papa occasionally used some money to buy more rice and once even surprised them by giving Mama money to buy one-day-old fish when the fish seller bicycled down the street ringing his bell.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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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
In 2008, he retired from that firm — now simply called Evercore Inc. — after he was seriously injured in a bicycling accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
Well, bicycling is one of the most tangible ways of explaining democracy.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024
In countries where safe routes for bicycling are provided, people choose bikes as transportation more frequently as they age.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
“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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