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taxi

[tak-see] / ˈtæk si /


NOUN
gypsy cab
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I chose to host the podcast in New York City because: somebody can just get in a taxi, have a cocktail and a conversation for an hour and be on their way for dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the firm runs the country's most popular search engine, as well as a food-ordering and taxi application used by tens of millions of people across the Russian-speaking world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Smelling a story, Cohn took a taxi out to Brooklyn’s 2001 Odyssey club.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Wheelchair user Janice Johnstone recently highlighted the difficulties faced in finding an accessible taxi with only three available in Dumfries and Galloway.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I told the taxi driver to wait and went inside.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Waymo driverless taxis buzz around cities like San Francisco and Phoenix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Joby could launch air taxis in the United Arab Emirates in the next year, while Archer says its goal is to operate in Los Angeles in time for the 2028 Olympic Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hundreds of families were gathered at dawn to collect their relatives outside the base, where cars, taxis and buses were parked in ranks preparing to take them away, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Lola Baird noticed that she felt sick in electric vehicle taxis as well as her boyfriend's car.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Nah, I’m good,” I reply as the plane taxis to the runway.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the gate, and emergency personnel met the aircraft upon arrival, per procedure.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

First, as the team charter taxied to the runway, a fuel pump alert came on in the cockpit, forcing the aircraft to return to its gate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

She did worry, Brian thought, watching her as the plane taxied out to the runway.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

“While taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, a Delta aircraft made contact with an Air Canada aircraft,” according to the Delta statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

Two months before the ping pong match, Weiland had noticed an intense smell of engine oil as he was taxiing his Boeing 767 down the runway at Miami International Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 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

He would greet visitors, ask them to sign the guest book, and then direct them, like he was an air-traffic controller and they were taxiing airplanes, to the Serenity Suite.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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

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


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