pedal
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Bikes without pedal assist, or those that can reach speeds higher than 28 mph are considered electric motorcycles and require a driver’s license and DMV registration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Dom Hallas, head of tech trade body, the Startup Coalition, said it was key that, with the dismantling of DSIT, the government did "not take the foot off the pedal" with tech.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It appears “investors have the pedal to the metal” at borrowing to invest in the stock market, said Opsal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
A burnt guitar and effects pedal board were lying on the pavement outside the bar on Monday, with flowers left on a partially melted electric keyboard.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
He pushed the pedal on the right, and the engine roared loudly.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Gaik Pobokhian, when she mistook the gas and brake pedals and hit the gas pedal “way too hard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tesla’s coming Cybercab, a two-door, two-seat car without a steering wheel or pedals, seems built for this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Just a few days earlier, U.S. regulators proposed nixing rules requiring manual brake pedals in autonomous vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Cybercab doesn’t have External link a steering wheel or pedals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
She stood up on the pedals and pushed off slowly.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
"It's a great honour to receive the fantastic prize and I look forward to being pedaled around all of the media studios to air my story," said Mr Can.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
We had doubts as we pedaled off from the Pacific Coast cliffs and onto our summer bicycle route across America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
I woke in Avalon and pedaled my fat bike along Pebbly Beach Road to the turnoff for Wrigley Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
On 1 July 2023, as Tour de France riders pedaled out of Bilbao, Spain, toward the French Pyrenees mountains, sports cardiologist Andre La Gerche tuned in from Melbourne, Australia.
From Science Magazine ● May 14, 2024
Hafsa pedaled up to me on her younger brother’s bicycle.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
Ms. Nutthawaree hopped on the back and looped her arms around him as he pedalled hard toward what they hoped was safety.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
About 100 people have pedalled for a bone-jarring three hours in a charity penny farthing race.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
Grabbing his bicycle from a parking lot, he pedalled on Shanghai's deserted roads past swank office towers to find a place to pitch a small tent he and his girlfriend had bought for travelling.
From Reuters ● May 27, 2022
Instagram also pedalled some of this year’s less practical trends.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2019
The other pedalled its narrow shoulders up and down, stalking the open door.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
“This is my favorite place in the world, no matter what the crowds are like,” he said before pedaling off.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
“He was just delighted,” Wilder said of Bush on that day, pedaling through a brand-new track in Beijing that had not existed weeks earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Life’s worries seem distant when we’re pedaling for hours, watching for traffic, admiring scenery, figuring out where to camp next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
What’s more American than the open road, the wind in your hair, pedaling with your own two feet?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2025
She started pedaling and we continued on our way.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
And Lime's latest move appears to be an attempt to help change habits for commuters - not just those already scooting or pedalling for leisure.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
"I'm just kicking myself because I had to stop pedalling with 20 metres to the line. It is what it is."
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Lambie, 33, says the only similarity to cycling is that the cyclors are pedalling in the same motion as on a regular bike.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
Sitting on a bike and pedalling is something Simon van Velthooven has done for countless kilometres and hours during his cycling career.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
Eric was squealing louder than ever and pedalling the air with his legs.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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