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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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Musk is giving you a child’s bicycle from Walmart.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Al Michaels and Boomer Esiason didn’t spend their summers in Provence riding a bicycle built for two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Investigators found that the woman was riding east in the bicycle lane on Warner Avenue east of Brightwater Drive when she hit the raised concrete curb and fell, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A Chinese fitness influencer has been dropped by her sponsor after she apologised for riding a bicycle during the Berlin marathon.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Through the streets and suburbs of Haarlem, I bumped on my bicycle rims, bringing the message that joy runs deeper than despair.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Water difficulties are forcing many Cubans to haul the precious resource for long distances, transporting it via wheelbarrows, bicycles, car trunks and even horse-drawn carts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The study also found that people involved in e-bike collisions suffer more injuries than those in collisions involving traditional bicycles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"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

The buses, and cabs, and bicycles, and skateboards.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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

Before his death, Carroll, who had bicycled to the monastery almost every day, represented the sisters to city officials, relaying their concerns about the noise in the park.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

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

“We swam in the Roman swimming pool, we bicycled over country roads, we drove occasionally in the Stutz Bearcat belonging to a young bachelor engineer,” she remembered.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

In 2008, he retired from that firm — now simply called Evercore, Inc. — after he was seriously injured in a bicycling accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 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

“It was fine. I don't know. I don't really like big group outings. I don’t really even like bicycling, but I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that.”

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse


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