taxi
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"You should have come in a taxi," they sang.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Waymo, Tesla and five other driverless taxi companies are racing to roll out service in dozens of U.S. cities, and we mapped them all out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A vegetable seller, taxi driver or small shopkeeper does not need to buy a card terminal to accept UPI.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The crew brought the plane to a stop about a kilometre from the other aircraft, which had also been cleared to taxi across the runway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
We rode in a taxi down to the Palace Hotel, left the bags, arranged for berths on the Sud Express for the night, and went into the bar of the hotel for a cocktail.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Drivers and passengers of private cars, buses and taxies entering or exiting Changchun must present negative tests for the coronavirus taken within the past 48 hours.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
Did a similar trip a few years ago but took local jitney's, buses, trains, taxies, even a small plane.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
Shifting some of the load to third party services such as Uber, Lyft or taxies would help reduce some of the load placed on already-burdened emergency service providers.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2016
In Lagos, there were motorcycle taxies that could zip through the traffic jams.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2016
All the taxies were hired, all going downtown.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Toaster-shaped taxis that don’t have a driver or a steering wheel have started rolling across San Francisco and charging for rides in Las Vegas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She says finding available taxis has become more difficult, even with London Taxicard scheme, a subsidised taxi service for people with mobility impairments or severe sight loss.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Last year, Archer bought control of Hawthorne Municipal Airport for $126 million to build a hub for electric air taxis and test advanced aviation technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Boeing is also letting go of Wisk Aero, which is developing electric, autonomous air taxis, and SkyGrid, an air-traffic management system for autonomous flights.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The taxis bringing the evening’s first customers, Midwestern tourists and conventioneers, made slight splashing sounds in the cold dusk.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
"The flight safely landed and taxied to the gate," they added.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The last was in July 2023, when a colleague complained of an acrid or vomit-like smell and was struggling to breathe as their aircraft taxied down the runway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
As Air Force Two taxied for takeoff bound for Germany, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way through the plane handing out heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
When the plane landed in Arlington, it taxied beneath streams of water shot from cannons — a water salute honor for a valued employee.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
She did worry, Brian thought, watching her as the plane taxied out to the runway.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
As their planes were taxiing, Trump announced that he would nominate Jay Clayton, a U.S. attorney and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, to the position permanently.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
The African grey female named Hugo was spotted taxiing for flight by a firefighter who was carrying out a routine safety inspection.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The Swiss Air jet, carrying about 150 passengers, had just landed from Geneva and was taxiing when it veered off, the paper said.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Analysts are comfortable that Joby’s business is taxiing toward takeoff, but its pricey multiple has tipped Wall Street’s average rating to a Sell.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
The Air Transport Auxiliary is how we manage with the RAF, ferrying planes and taxiing pilots.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
And taxying to Teano's, I told him in a few words what a mess I'd made of things.
From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
We were getting near the aerodrome, on which, to my great relief, a machine was "taxying" towards the hangars.
From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Paul Bewsher
He had to jump out of the way as the "taxying" airplane bore down on him.
From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Bob had been taxying about slowly since landing, in order to keep the engine going and the propeller slowly revolving.
From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Gerald Breckenridge
Out through the open doorway Reade sent the airplane "taxying" or running along the ground.
From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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