pedal
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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
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
They found that Butler manually pressed the accelerator pedal, “overriding the default FSD speed,” several times in the neighborhood where the crash occurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In the morning she took care of her clothes, sewing on the porch or using Amaranta's old pedal machine.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tesla has been testing its Cybercab, a small two-seat vehicle that also doesn’t have a steering wheel or pedals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Just a few days earlier, U.S. regulators proposed nixing rules requiring manual brake pedals in autonomous vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“At what point they would approve a truck without a steering wheel or pedals and without a cab in the vehicle, that’s probably going to be a little longer,” Sperling said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Cybercab doesn’t have External link a steering wheel or pedals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Lourdes pedals and sweats, pedals and sweats until she pictures rivulets of fat, like the yellow liquid that pours from roasting chickens and turkeys, oozing from her pores as she rides through Nebraska.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
"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
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
I bought an exercise bike via Prime, along with plenty of essentials, and pedaled away the lockdowns.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024
I hopped on my bike barefoot and pedaled down the streets, determined never to return.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
During each trick, Sylvester’s friend and longtime collaborator, Ralphy Ramos, pedalled in his shadow, leaning low, camera extended to record every move.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2024
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
The show's soloist, Jessica Aszodi, was among of group of cyclists who pedalled their way through new show Houses Slide, generating electricity for the stage lights and amps.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2021
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
I was out of breath because I was pedaling at my regular cadence, but each stroke had a lot more power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“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
The bicycle remained an essential part of Rwandan life, from competitive city teams to weekday commuters to deliverymen pedaling tall cans of milk over cratered dirt roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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
Tamika broke from the crowd, pedaling forward until our bikes stood side by side.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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
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
The Department for Transport is consulting on the proposals which would also allow e-bikes that don't require pedalling to travel much faster.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
Eric was squealing louder than ever and pedalling the air with his legs.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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