piggyback
Example Sentences
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The hotels are looking to piggyback on a current trend: Over the past few years, social clubs in general have gotten popular, as people seek out places to enjoy community post-Covid and real-life meetups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The most common type of down-payment assistance, according to Down Payment Resource, is a second mortgage, or piggyback loan, which has grown in popularity as affordability has challenged home buyers.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 2026
Ohtani will next start on the mound Saturday against the Houston Astros — a 4:05 p.m. start — and southpaw Justin Wrobleski will again piggyback off the two-way star’s opening effort.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025
Wong continued, “I liked getting a piggyback ride from Steven at the end. That was really funny. That was fun because every time I would get on his back, he would ‘pop’ a little bit.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024
Or the piggyback heart that kept his old, leaky one going?
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
