moped
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Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“To ride a motorcycle or moped, you need to have the appropriate driver’s license and comply with rules of the road.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
In some cities this week there were long queues of moped riders at petrol stations panic-buying fuel.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Until he pulled the stuff out, I’d forgotten that Bobby Gene had rescued the backpack from the moped seat at the scene of the accident.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
During communist days, chronic shortages and years-long waiting lists for cars like the puttering Trabant meant that mopeds and motorcycles became an indispensable way to get around.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
A Ram truck with a yellow barnacle on its windshield, a handful of mopeds under rain covers, and a lot of empty parking spaces.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2025
Here, the music scores an extraordinary montage that includes a lavish ball in 1918, the exploits of a fishing boat and a fleet of mopeds cruising in slow motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
In an alleyway in Fuzhou, the main city in Fujian province, Li Haoyu from Taiwan tosses noodles into the sizzling wok as customers on mopeds wait for their dinner.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
The mopeds parted like fish in a giant shoal.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
