hopping

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A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"Creating with musical teams is great, but hopping into a different realm and being hyper creative with full-stack developers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, world builders -- that is the ultimate level of creativity."

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

By contrast, materials where ion transport occurs mainly through hopping between fixed positions did not produce these Raman signatures.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Like, him hopping out of the car and carefully placing it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

After hopping from side to side eagerly devouring the words, he forced himself to stop at the close of the chapter.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig