joyride

Like Pitt hopping back into blockbuster fare, it must feel good to take a little joyride in the fast lane whenever you want, not having to be burdened by what’s in the rearview mirror.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

In November 2021, he went to Detroit and took the electric Hummer pickup truck for a joyride.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Pickler might be nearing the off ramp, but his nearly three-decade, two-coast joyride isn’t over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2024

When I lived in Santiago, Chile, last year, one young passenger jumped on a luggage belt and took a joyride.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Pa grabs one double-chocolate-chip cookie and Arthur watches him take a bite with this wide-eyed look, like my dad just took Arthur’s car for a joyride and crashed it.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Meanwhile, on Facebook someone responded to her post about the theft, saying they had seen the car being joyridden around a nearby estate and that it had been recorded on their CCTV.

From BBC ● May 29, 2022

"They can be seen driving through the village waving GAA flags in a fashion which could best be described as joyriding while using the siren improperly," the North Antrim MP continued.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

There’s even an episode featuring George’s 110-year-old and absurdly spry grandfather, Montague, who plays ball with Elroy, drives like a joyriding teenager, and dances on the ceiling.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2022

And poachers arrive like joyriding fools oblivious to natural grace of the gibbons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres highlighted the gap between the rich and poor with “billionaires joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

“That’d be a pretty good trick. I knew uglies who used to go joyriding, but not in Special Circumstances hovercars.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld