joyride

Last October, a similar inflatable pumpkin went on a windy joyride, rolling into traffic and briefly “attacking” an officer before being wrangled back into submission.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 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

And since he’s still in trouble for his blanked-out joyride, Nathan’s not allowed to use the car, either.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

It also played into city-county dynamics — Harris was from the Gilmor Homes public housing in West Baltimore and had gone joyriding with friends in the stolen car to suburban Perry Hall.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 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