ride
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I ride my bike around town so I’m used to being exposed to other cars, but at top speeds, I was suddenly very aware of the Topolino’s plastic body panels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Walls will begin to whisper throughout. You get to take Paul’s throne and see the desert come alive around you. Guests may even find out if they have what it takes to ride a sandworm.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
But it has also sparked a rash of legal complaints, including from two women whose families say they were seriously injured in July on the ride in Valencia, just north of Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“When it stops raising rates or they pause, clients that are holding cash will ride rates down just like they’re riding them up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
On the bus ride home, Jonah made sure he and Chip didn’t get too distracted.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“We remain laser focused on helping create more earnings for drivers and more affordable rides for riders.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
One man rides a draft horse dragging a wooden harrow, weighted down by a boulder, to break up the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Summer had become Brandon’s moto-pacer on training rides in Girona, Spain and back at their home in Arizona.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
David Raslevich, a 41-year-old cyclist who frequently rides on the new lanes on Clark, said he has noticed branches, leaves and other debris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
At ten o’clock, I walk and Justin rides his bike to Sara’s house.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
They tried to rid themselves of Paxton, but he somehow slipped away.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
I enter an antique store and find must-haves—a pristine Underwood typewriter, a vacuum-tube radio—then remind myself that we’re trying to get rid of stuff, and the urge passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
His Vilnius-based ally Tyutrin, 45, told AFP the Lithuanian authorities had warned him two weeks ago to "leave my home urgently and get rid of my car."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
So why can’t I get rid of any of it, including the report cards I’d rather no one ever see?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
When I asked her about it, Calista said, “Oh, do you like it? I’m thinking of getting rid of it because Gus says he hates it.”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Hilda Farias was 28 when she rode X2 in 2010 and developed a brain bleed that led to her death, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Pope Leo XIV rode down the French capital's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue in his popemobile on Saturday to the cheers of huge crowds of faithful, ahead of a giant open-air mass.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
They've been a great team all year but we rode the waves and the main thing is we're through to the big dance next week.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
In early September, as surfers and bodyboarders rode 20-foot wave faces, lifeguards took an electric reciprocating saw to the exposed pilings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
On one spin, John Harvey jumped on and rode standing up, not holding on to anything.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
I’ve ridden 22 airplanes so far in 2026, to the Midwest, East Coast and Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I’ve ridden out the crashes, bought the dips, and every time I’ve been rewarded for holding on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
In line with the sometimes defiant sense of local "Ossie pride", Siegmund has often ridden the iconic local Simson bike, including to the polling booth Sunday in his hometown of Tangermuende.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
A Class 2 e-bike can also be ridden by all ages, but those bicycles also include a throttle along pedal assist, and max out at a speed of 20 mph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He’d ridden every night, but he hadn’t been to Petey’s for a week, not since she’d tried to tell him what he felt about Roza.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Recreational travel is mostly on the tandem bicycle; campgrounds on our routes are low-cost, and the riding is next to free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Less than a week later, Naomi Greer-Wilkinson of Los Angeles, 25, lost consciousness after riding X2 and underwent emergency brain surgery, CNN reported.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The decision comes after lawsuits and news reports alleged that hundreds of riders suffered brain injuries after riding X2.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Slim Pickens yee-hawed riding “Dr. Strangelove’s” atomic bomb to oblivion; Cruise brandishes his grandpappy’s original shovel that struck crude in 1917 and whoops, “Oil is the mother’s milk of Earth!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Clare scaled the tree to meet her, carefully stretching from bough to bough, then ducking into the leafy cage where she was riding out the storm.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
