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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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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

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

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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