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joyride

[joi-rahyd] / ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd /




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"War on deadly joyride vids" reads the headline of the Sun, which says the prime minister has slammed the "truly reprehensible" TikTok trend.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Three boys turned a Waymo ride into a wind-in-their-hair joyride late Friday afternoon in Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Like Pitt hopping back into blockbuster fare, it must feel good to take a little joyride in the fast lane whenever you want, not having to be burdened by what’s in the rearview mirror.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

In November 2021, he went to Detroit and took the electric Hummer pickup truck for a joyride.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

And of course, that was a joyride, not a lesson.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Meanwhile, on Facebook someone responded to her post about the theft, saying they had seen the car being joyridden around a nearby estate and that it had been recorded on their CCTV.

From BBC ● May 29, 2022

"They can be seen driving through the village waving GAA flags in a fashion which could best be described as joyriding while using the siren improperly," the North Antrim MP continued.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

It also played into city-county dynamics — Harris was from the Gilmor Homes public housing in West Baltimore and had gone joyriding with friends in the stolen car to suburban Perry Hall.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

And poachers arrive like joyriding fools oblivious to natural grace of the gibbons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres highlighted the gap between the rich and poor with “billionaires joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

“That’d be a pretty good trick. I knew uglies who used to go joyriding, but not in Special Circumstances hovercars.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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