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How many of the people plunging into these funds plan to hold not for a single day but for what they hope will be a longer joy ride?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

This is not a joy ride of a novel, though there are many moments of joy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

The president of the Australian Landlords Association acknowledged housing could be an emotional issue, but likened squatting to stealing someone's car and taking it for a joy ride.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

The Kraken’s joy ride moves on, given a new tank of gas with Sunday’s unfathomably tense 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

“Taking some sort of a joy ride? You nearly killed us all, there!”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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