ride
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A reliable and friendly face that you knew would be at the meet point of a ride even if nobody else showed up.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Bragg has a more blue-collar vibe, several seafood restaurants in Noyo Harbor and the Skunk Train, where you can ride a passenger car or a railbike through a bit of redwood forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
They were “able to ride the dot-com boom,” Clark told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
A Utah family of nine camped near us, all seven of their children, ages 2 to 14, registered to ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
It was a short ride on “the Metro” to Washington, DC—and all the museums, shops, theater, and coffee shops.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The driverless rides reflect Elon Musk’s push to turn the EV maker into an autonomous-vehicle giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cybercab rides will be opened up to public use at 5 p.m.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to the Austin American-Statesman news outlet, event attendees were the first to get rides in driverless Cybercabs, which will become available to the public starting Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
But now she had her own sweet ride: “I even put ‘Ms.’ on my license plate, and you should see my grandkids’ faces when Grandma rides up on her purple Harley!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Instead, we walk outside and wait for our rides.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“I’ve got great reservations and deep doubts about the effect of the new plan to get rid of all parking and choke traffic down to one lane,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It's just one of those moments where you just think, how did they talk about getting rid of Odegaard?
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
I think the job is to get rid of categorizing and make it more fluid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
At the same time, their desperation to get rid of him presented an almost risk-free opportunity for the Vikings to take a flier on a talented passer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It wasn’t my idea to include Kermit, but I couldn’t get rid of him because he was my brother and I had to watch him anyway.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
His grandfather, Francisco, 74, who rode beside him in a straw cowboy hat, shook his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
He rode his first winner in 2005 with another 22 wins over five seasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
One rode a penny-farthing big-wheel bike, another sat backward, turning to look over his shoulder every few seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"That, of course, is what makes them so attractive for young people, especially for youths living in rural areas," said Enrico Wedekind, a curator at Berlin's DDR Museum who for years rode a Simson himself.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Then they rode an escalator to the top floor.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
In line with the sometimes defiant sense of local "Ossie pride", Siegmund has often ridden the iconic local Simson bike, including to the polling booth Sunday in his hometown of Tangermuende.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Older Americans have ridden decades of gains in stocks and real estate, while many younger people are stuck in rentals, struggling with the soaring cost of child care and the burden of student debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
So does Rebecca Lowe, who has ridden that wave while anchoring the network’s Premier League coverage from the first season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
A leading horse welfare organisation has warned of "too many cases" where horses that cannot be ridden are given away or sold "until they end up in a really poor situation".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In a happier version of the story, I would have ridden it home this morning after leaving Mirjam there, safe and sound.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Still riding high on the whirlwind of the Biennale, Rosales hasn’t slowed down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"And when I wasn't riding, I was in my room and singing karaoke... singing a bit of Westlife and Boyzone."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Other shareholders could push for a sweeter price, though, especially given how much is riding on the deal for Tempus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Do I have to feel bad about riding in a car and thinking about Courtney?
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
