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motorcycle

[moh-ter-sahy-kuhl] / ˈmoʊ tərˌsaɪ kəl /


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They made pizza and played video games and rode Walters’ motorcycle, sparking a lifelong interest.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

From Abidjan to Dakar and Abuja, mechanics, scrap dealers, motorcycle taxi drivers and street vendors make the most of the tiniest corner to set up their business activity.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Car and motorcycle title loans should remain the company’s main drivers, while improving used-truck demand should support a resumption of truck lending.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The stadium’s size meant it could accommodate state track and field championships, college and pro football, motorcycle racing, roller derby and rugby.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Tank drops by on his motorcycle, and he’s the one person I get to introduce to Babs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Like Wehr, Kramer appeared to have a passion for cars and motorcycles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The ferry was also carrying goods, an electric vehicle, a pickup truck, and motorcycles.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

License plates are used to connect registered vehicles to their owners and are issued to all passenger vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles, motorcycles, permanent trailers, trailer coaches and park trailers registered in the state.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Fatima explains how the raids unfold: "You could have 100 motorcycles, and each one could be carrying three people."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

There’d be no nosy neighbors watching, no motorcycles and cars, no sheets and towels and laundry.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

She has traveled and lived around the world, crisscrossed South America and Indonesia on her own, motorcycled through Europe and Turkey.

From New York Times May 28, 2019

He studied art at a Christian college and motorcycled through Europe in his early 20s to, he said, “sleep in fields and eat yogurt.”

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2017

In 1908 he motorcycled from John O'Groats to Land's End.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2016

The soldier motorcycled in to see the artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

At ten forty-five, the paraders were halted for some reason, and the General's runners motorcycled down along the line of march and told the bandmasters to keep on playing the liveliest of tunes.

From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase

While many Chinese cities have restricted motorcycling, Chongqing has embraced it and become a biker's paradise.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

That blocked the pipeline bringing new people into motorcycling, said Christy LaCurelle, president and chief executive of the Motorcycle Industry Council.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

James Hewing, museum director, said: "Dave was a beloved figure in both motorcycling and entertainment."

From BBC Jan. 31, 2025

I loved it as a whole aesthetic, but I wanted to remove it from this motorcycling boy world.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2024

This incident meant another little pang, but the freshness of the morning and the exhilaration of the ride—for motorcycling has thrills which aviation does not know—helped banish all thoughts of an unpleasant morning.

From Tam o' the Scoots by Edgar Wallace




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