hitchhiker
Example Sentences
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In 1967, an unlikely American duo of Charlie Cushman, a hitchhiker, and Herbert “Skip” Cole, a postgraduate student, were sent around the country by the antiquities department, to gather up some of the heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Worst of all, the spotted lanternfly is a skilled hitchhiker, able to cling to surfaces that travel at high speed, such as cars and trains.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
“A hitchhiker once came in and said he found us from a Bart’s bookmark someone gave him in the Midwest,” Jack Randolph, a longtime worker at the bookshop, told The Times in 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Only one fish made it past the electrodes during the test, apparently as a hitchhiker in the space between barges as they pushed up the canal.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023
We were headed for John’s family cabin in the mountains, and we could get the hitchhiker halfway to Reno, Nevada, where he was headed.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
