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bicycle

[bahy-si-kuhl, -sik-uhl, -sahy-kuhl] / ˈbaɪ sɪ kəl, -ˌsɪk əl, -ˌsaɪ kəl /
NOUN
pedal-driven recreational vehicle
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"We're still growing slowly. It's almost like saying we're winning a slow bicycle race here because other people are going backwards a bit more rapidly than we are."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I just lived my life in it, and I went on my bicycle and shopping and what not. And people really liked it," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Recreational travel is mostly on the tandem bicycle; campgrounds on our routes are low-cost, and the riding is next to free.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

More officers should patrol on horseback, bicycle and foot, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hugo helped me learn how to ride the bicycle.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

"I've brought over the man who repairs bicycles in Wolvercote, people who repair sewing, people who do computers, who sharpen knives."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

When she feels up to it, they go boating or ride bicycles to nearby beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

There are hundreds of specialised manufacturing towns in China, producing items ranging from bicycles to socks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

A Class 2 e-bike can also be ridden by all ages, but those bicycles also include a throttle along pedal assist, and max out at a speed of 20 mph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

By the time he finally moved on to the far side, so the legend goes, twenty- three cars, several bicycles, and a bus were stacked to a dead stop in both directions.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

We have seen many candidates in the 32 states we’ve bicycled through in the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

In 1970, he bicycled 3,300 miles from Los Angeles to New York to promote fitness.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

When friends clacked at keyboards, examined patients, or taught middle schoolers math, I bicycled Arthur's froggy legs because humans aren't born knowing how to pass gas.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022

Oregon lawmakers in 2019 established a unique Tri-Met Crash Advisory Committee at the prodding of Darla Sturdy, whose 16-year-old son was fatally hit in 2003 by a train as he bicycled in suburban Gresham.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

It came with Mr. Fleming, the telegraphist, who bicycled over to our house with it in his pouch.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Harstine, 70, a semiretired orchard packer, said he has noticed Hispanic men bicycling through the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Well, bicycling is one of the most tangible ways of explaining democracy.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024

Examples of light physical activity are long walks, house chores, slow dancing, slow swimming, and slow bicycling.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

When we first see the bald, black-T-shirted Kiefer, it’s in his latest cavernous workspace outside of Paris, bicycling and whistling among paintings of spectacular scale and heaviness, like a strange little town’s most dedicated citizen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

She had been bicycling through the air, ice cream in her hand and a book floating in front of her face.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi


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