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
Fans prepared to spend five figures book all-inclusive cycling trips where teams of concierges do everything but pedal the bike for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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
I knew the brake pedal was next to the gas pedal, and I moved my foot in that direction and then I pressed the brake pedal very hard.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
The move is a first for a purpose-built autonomous vehicle like Zoox, which doesn’t have pedals or a steering wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
All of them must have pedals to classify as an e-bike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
The burning in his eyes was forgotten momentarily as the vibration of die plane came through the wheel and the pedals.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
"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
He borrowed a friend’s bicycle in Santa Monica late last week, pedaled up to his house and checked out the inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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 pedaled there nearly every summer day on my black Schwinn bicycle.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
They said Stephen McCullagh, 36, initially "pedalled the live stream as an alibi" but the court heard he later admitted to police that it had been pre-recorded days before.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Most days, Mr. Voiles said, he pedalled the animals up to a hill above the Mississippi River where he braids crosses, fleurs-de-lis and other items, which he sells to pay for pet food and rent.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 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
We decided on a bike ride and pedalled circuits around Central Park in what was otherwise a perfect spring afternoon.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2020
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
Riders can choose an electric-assist level that makes pedaling easier or harder.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Last year represented something of a boon era for vendors pedaling AI apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Ahead I spotted two familiar figures, one running and the other pedaling a beach cruiser beside him.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
In response, Swinney accused them of pedalling a "doom loop of despair".
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 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
In the letter addressed to the Health Secretary Jeremy Miles, The British Dental Association Cymru Wales accused the Welsh government of pedalling "half-truths" about their messaging and statistics.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025
He's been riding his bike locally but is fed up with just pedalling "around the block".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
Eric was squealing louder than ever and pedalling the air with his legs.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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