ride shotgun

Example Sentences

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He was very much a soldier for truth and I would ride shotgun and make these videos about the underground, unknown histories of Tulsa.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

I hadn’t had the experience, so to have someone you can ride shotgun with was great.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Maybe, this time around, he can find someone who’d like to ride shotgun.

From The Verge • Aug. 29, 2021

If I’ve been allowed to ride shotgun on a magnificent cross-country drive and the car breaks down in Reno?

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

After all that work, it seemed only fair that Tyson would ride shotgun with me, though I knew the horses wouldn’t like it, and Tyson’s extra weight would slow us down.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan