ride shotgun
Example Sentences
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He was very much a soldier for truth and I would ride shotgun and make these videos about the underground, unknown histories of Tulsa.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
I hadn’t had the experience, so to have someone you can ride shotgun with was great.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
During summer vacations as a little boy, he’d ride shotgun with his father, who has driven a semi truck for nearly four decades at the ports, and they’d listen to Dodger baseball games together.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
Manufacturer partnerships like with Jaguar Land Rover present an opportunity for Amazon to get Alexa to ride shotgun in a big way.
From The Verge • Feb. 4, 2022
After all that work, it seemed only fair that Tyson would ride shotgun with me, though I knew the horses wouldn’t like it, and Tyson’s extra weight would slow us down.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
