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

On Rose and Teddy’s drive to San Francisco they have instructive encounters with a priest, a regretful cop, a hippie-dippy hitchhiker, and estranged family members.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Gallien’s wife had packed him two grilled-cheese-and-tuna sandwiches and a bag of com chips for lunch; he persuaded the young hitchhiker to accept the food as well.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer