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motorbike

[moh-ter-bahyk] / ˈmoʊ tərˌbaɪk /
NOUN
motor scooter
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China's motorbike sales fell 3.4 percent in 2025, and slid again this year as consumers increasingly favour cars or less regulated electric bikes.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

On the stream, two men on a motorbike can be seen riding up to César Gastélum, who is chatting to two friends outside a fast food restaurant in the city of Culiacán.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The Oscar winning musician died in a single vehicle motorbike crash last week.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Motorbikes quickly became popular, and the city now accounts for more than a third of China's total motorbike production.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch: He was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his face.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

On a patrol with Surrey Police, officers described catching those riding electric motorbikes illegally as a constant game of cat and mouse.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

A stream of people could be seen moving inland on motorbikes after authorities issued a tsunami warning.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Many migrants were free to try their luck, jumping on trucks, buses and motorbikes to reach Ceuta.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The group were were being punished for "mismanaging" the battery exchanges for Spiro motorbikes, which they denied.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The lorries were joining half-tracks, motorbikes, Bren-gun carriers and mobile kitchens.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Just over one kilometre from the finish line on stage 12, the Briton was forced to run without a bicycle following a crash with a motorbiked on Mont Ventoux.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Really anxious to see him, I motorbiked down to their house.

From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy

Teams of sellers hawk their filming services to passersby, many of whom have been drawn to the city and its cyberpunk image by motorbiking videos on social media shot against the neon-lit nightscape.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Mr and Mrs Foreman, both 52 from East Sussex, were motorbiking from Spain to Australia when they crossed into Iran on 31 December.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2025

These visceral moments evoke the sense of empowerment motorbiking creates for otherwise underprivileged — young, primarily Black and brown — people.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2023

He loves it, for the motorbiking and because “all the schools are like Grease”.

From The Guardian Jan. 14, 2017

"You know anything about motorbiking across Bhutan?" a snaggle-toothed hippie asked me as he let me into a Californian hot-springs compound at 1 a.m. on a recent night.

From Time Magazine Archive




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