motorcycle
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Heath, who’s had a prosthetic leg since a 2022 motorcycle crash, took first place in large boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Among other things, he said the organisation was striving to better protect motorcycle taxi drivers who transport patients, and integrate them into the surveillance system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The motorcycle is thought to be a DKW NZ 350-1 model, the organisation said, which was produced specifically for wartime use from 1944.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a motorcycle journey from Europe to Australia.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ralph started to whiz around in a figure eight when his tires slipped and the motorcycle tipped; He lost control and landed in icy, dirty water.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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The Motorcycle Industry Association says it is extremely concerned about the number of electric motorcycles being used illegally and anti-socially in towns and cities across the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It's pushing young people to get in touch with motorcycles," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
On 18 July, dozens of families hurriedly piled motorcycles with mattresses and any belongings they could manage as they fled the Zeitoun area, east of Gaza City.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Harley-Davidson HOG -2.92%decrease; down pointing triangle said it expects to sell more motorcycles this year than it previously expected to, after reporting strong North American sales in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I zip down Pitt Street and then Cotton Street, full of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and American-made trucks.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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She has traveled and lived around the world, crisscrossed South America and Indonesia on her own, motorcycled through Europe and Turkey.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2019
He studied art at a Christian college and motorcycled through Europe in his early 20s to, he said, “sleep in fields and eat yogurt.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
In 1908 he motorcycled from John O'Groats to Land's End.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2016
He has since motorcycled all over the country, praising and photographing his favorite examples.
From Time Magazine Archive
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June 8… Norm and I went sailing; motorcycled to Loud Thunder.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
While many Chinese cities have restricted motorcycling, Chongqing has embraced it and become a biker's paradise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Last month, I mourned the passing of my motorcycling days as I prepped my 1973 Honda CB350F for sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
These include British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who were detained in January while travelling through Iran on a motorcycling world tour and later charged with espionage.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
More people walked up the dunes, including Dan Tauber, who said he’d been motorcycling around the area with friends before deciding to break off from the group to experience the launch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
It was unconventional at least for a girl to be motorcycling about the country dressed in man's clothes with a chauffeur.
From The Apartment Next Door by William Andrew Johnston