hitchhiker

Example Sentences

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In 1967, an unlikely American duo of Charlie Cushman, a hitchhiker, and Herbert “Skip” Cole, a postgraduate student, were sent around the country by the antiquities department, to gather up some of the heritage.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

It belonged to an Apache hitchhiker named James Harry Reyos.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Worst of all, the spotted lanternfly is a skilled hitchhiker, able to cling to surfaces that travel at high speed, such as cars and trains.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

Only one fish made it past the electrodes during the test, apparently as a hitchhiker in the space between barges as they pushed up the canal.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

We were headed for John’s family cabin in the mountains, and we could get the hitchhiker halfway to Reno, Nevada, where he was headed.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge