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bike

[bahyk] / baɪk /
VERB
to bicycle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Shania Twain was so impressed that the bike had been named after her that she sent a message of good luck before the challenge.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Vlasenko, who weighed around 75 kilograms, or 165 pounds, before the war, realized something was happening—perhaps a rescue by quad bike and trailer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Streets for All’s political action committee took out ads to elect Raman and defeat Bass, powered largely by contributions from hedge fund manager and bike lane advocate Aaron Sosnick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

It has co-branded promotional materials for the infamous bike ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

I bike by Mr. Larkin’s house—I want to thank him for talking to his boss about the park—and he asks if he can come over this Sunday to help build more coops.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Instead, it was sending infantry forward in single armored vehicles, or even smaller cars, motorcycles or quad bikes that were harder to spot and easier to maneuver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

While some areas enforce rules that mean shared bikes can only be left in specific areas, others have looser rules.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Those bikes could be particularly important in Europe, which has seen retail sales decline 6% so far this year because of what the company called “a subdued economic environment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Frankly, she said, "it's easier to avoid the police", on the bikes.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He’d seen lots of people on bicycles—they lived near a college and the students mostly rode bikes to class—and he’d seen other cars, and some people on foot.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Within hours, papers would be biked around to investors' homes for signing, which allowed the business to drain their funds.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“I have mountain biked in Montauk for better than 20 years,” he said in a deposition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

A few weeks ago, I biked to meet a source for coffee, since my Android phone’s AccuWeather widget had seemingly projected a low, low chance of precipitation in the area.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

I was moving without my car, so I would naturally become someone who walked, biked and took the train more.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

These he knew because there were some raspberry bushes in the park and he and Terry were always picking and eating them when they biked past.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

Owain previously admitted he "never enjoyed exercise at school" because of bullying, ahead of his four nations biking challenge.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

After about half a year of biking around Erhai Lake, going to coffee shops and not doing much else, she wanted to go to Shenzhen, a tech hub next to Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s also close proximity to some of Boston’s most scenic walking and biking paths, and a water taxi providing transportation to Logan Airport and other local attractions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like Buttigieg, he has made biking a part of his public image, even riding with a group of school kids in Brooklyn earlier this year.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

He loves biking and there’s no water involved.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera


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