hitchhike

Example Sentences

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The pest has shown a remarkable ability to spread quickly and hitchhike, with dead specimens being found as close as Oregon and California.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

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

We cut through this old-school cemetery and back out onto a street that led us to the first part of Highway 1, where we stood at the side of the road and tried to hitchhike.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña