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  • past tense form of ride.
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rid

[rid] / rɪd /


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Officials are implementing new repayment plans, getting rid of old ones and reportedly preparing to restart debt collection on defaulted student loans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

But maybe the solution is to get rid of it, full stop?

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Late in the evenings he would come to the house and we struggled to get rid of him," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“You have said that you would get rid of him before the Olympics,” Bass said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“What do you mean, how did I get rid of her? It was your plan!”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

You will appreciate the richer flavor and be happy to have finally ridded yourself of those unattractive scrambled-egg bits of white that invariably dot your final product when whole eggs are used in your recipe.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

"My wife and I both had a really ridded our house as much as possible of single-use plastic," he says.

From Fox News ● Dec. 20, 2021

That may irk some users who thought they’d ridded themselves of the algorithm for good.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018

As presiding officer of the Senate, he ridded himself of the officer's throne and took to an ordinary chair.

From Time Magazine Archive

Consequently the Boers became a nation of proficient lion-hunters, and efficiently ridded their country of the pest which continually threatened their safety, the safety of their families and that of their possessions of live-stock.

From With the Boer Forces by Howard Clemens Hillegas

Luna has repeatedly told The Times in interviews since he took office in 2022 that he is committed to ridding the department’s ranks of deputy gangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

"Current pain medicine is fixated on ridding patients of their pain symptoms, but that's not the source of chronic pain. These data suggest that a chronic pain flare also encompasses one's identity."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

In fall 2024, many of us were ridding our kitchens of a very common utensil, thanks to a piece in the Atlantic that instructed us to, “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.”

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

We ought to be careful about ridding ourselves of all boredom, lest we lose our creativity in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

But he flung his finger toward me instead, and shook it as if he were ridding himself of blood or slime.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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