hitchhike
Example Sentences
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While diving, he saw a shark with a remora—a fish which uses suction to hitchhike on larger species—attached to its body, and he had an idea.
From National Geographic • Oct. 23, 2023
Horsehair worms are born in water and use aquatic insects like mayflies to hitchhike to dry land, where they sit tight until they are eaten by terrestrial insects such as crickets or mantises.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
"When I run out of money, I will hitchhike or walk," she says.
From BBC • May 16, 2023
“It’s an amazing, magical, healing place,” Yerkes said, adding that people are so friendly that many often hitchhike to work during the summer.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022
Whenever it broke down we’d catch minibuses, or sometimes we’d hitchhike.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
