pedal
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After grabbing items for dinner at a Trader Joe’s, I puttered home along a main drag with a 35 mph limit, fully pressing the pedal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Riders of legal electrically assisted pedal bikes must be at least 14, and any illegal modification means the bikes qualify as a motor vehicle/moped, requiring registration, a driving licence, tax and insurance.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It lacks a steering wheel, gas pedal and mirrors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I would love to have some type of cultural design, like Aztec, Latin-inspired pedal boats there just because of what MacArthur Park represents and the community it represents,” Kim said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was so upset by that point that I wanted to grab my bike out of the trunk and pedal all the way home.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Tesla’s Cybercab doesn’t have pedals or a steering wheel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
An automaker has never sold a car without a steering wheel or pedals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The company previously weighed the possibility of making a fully autonomous car with a steering wheel and pedals that could be stowed when they’re not in use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The electric-vehicle maker on Thursday held a launch event for the Cybercab, a two-seat, purpose-built autonomous vehicle that doesn’t have a steering wheel or pedals.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
I get my phone out and snap photos of him riding my bike, his back to me as he stands on the pedals, while his friends play handball.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
"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 pedaled by three bros holding hands and singing and city workers cleaning public toilets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
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
Harry Seidel got on his bike and pedaled toward the border.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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
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
For followers of the Tour de France, this is hallowed asphalt – a mountainous ribbon of road where mortals have pedalled into legend.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2019
The other pedalled its narrow shoulders up and down, stalking the open door.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Stapleton, the former nurse-midwife, was pedaling beside me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In the meantime, Night Watch is pedaling hard to stay ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
When the film opens at Oak Street’s idyllic summer block party, complete with cookouts and kids happily pedaling together on their bikes, he purposefully evokes the atmosphere of the movies he covertly cites.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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
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
Now his fate lies in the hands of those such as Camara, who is frenetically pedalling late into the night to make ends meet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
A legal e-bike , externalmust have pedals and the motor is only there to provide assistance while the rider is pedalling.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
"The pedalling feels very different and the overall sensations of moving on the water, either laterally or vertically, is wildly different from any kind of cycling," Lambie says.
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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