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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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All that is left now is his motorbike, one red bicycle and an assortment of tools.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

My youth was alarmingly idyllic with the hopped fences, bicycle slaloms through traffic and occasional near-misdemeanor mischief.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

“Gen X: We straight up raised ourselves,” reads the caption on one popular internet meme, a photo of an unhelmeted child on a rickety-looking bicycle popping a wheelie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

A truly ancient bicycle leans on the wooden wall.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

But during the decades of its existence, it touched the lives of countless people, both those who worked there and those who enjoyed its bicycles.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Among riders injured on traditional bicycles, 10.2% were 14 or younger.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Start-up Wunderfix meanwhile offers repair services linking retailers, customers and shops via an application that allows cyclists to diagnose and, where possible, repair their bicycles themselves.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

The family has a big goal for the summer: to get the boys riding bicycles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Outside the window the rain pours down on all the drenched, dark goats and bicycles and children, and I stand here appraising the end of the world.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Mamdani and Brad Lander appeared together on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and bicycled to joint events in all corners of the city.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

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

Papa occasionally used some money to buy more rice and once even surprised them by giving Mama money to buy one-day-old fish when the fish seller bicycled down the street ringing his bell.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

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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