hitchhike

As a truck approaches, she attempts to hitchhike from the side of a desert road, only to strike out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025

The pest has shown a remarkable ability to spread quickly and hitchhike, with dead specimens being found as close as Oregon and California.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

While diving, he saw a shark with a remora—a fish which uses suction to hitchhike on larger species—attached to its body, and he had an idea.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 23, 2023

Horsehair worms are born in water and use aquatic insects like mayflies to hitchhike to dry land, where they sit tight until they are eaten by terrestrial insects such as crickets or mantises.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023

He had got there by the following route: a row with his father, a hitchhike journey from Anchorage to Seattle, a visit to the recruiting offices of the Merchant Marine.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

It clearly hitchhikes on small liquid particles sprayed out by an infected person.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2020

A New Jersey girl leaves her boyfriend and hitchhikes to Hollywood to become a star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2020

Aside from that, she is a lesbian cheerleader who hitchhikes to New York and joins the rest of the gang.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2018

RAQQA, Syria — Every three or four days, Fatima Mahmoud hitchhikes 37 miles across a hilly expanse of northeastern Syria to her home town of Raqqa.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018

She runs away from home, hitchhikes and is picked up by a hearse, driven by Divine in a rare male role.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2015

To try to avoid bringing it home with her after work, she’d toss all her clothes immediately into the dryer so the heat could kill any eggs that may have hitchhiked on her.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

This generation, who as young adults hitchhiked across the country and backpacked through Europe, now is going on safaris and hiking in the Serengeti on guided tours that offer “easy” as well as “challenging” options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

“Once you have hitchhiked across Africa with ten bucks in your pocket, starting a business doesn’t seem too intimidating,” he told Time magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

He said he "hitchhiked to get there, and had a tent, a dream, and three cans of Heinz sausages and beans".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

On Saturday, Quentin hitchhiked to my house, and after the other boys arrived, we inspected Auk I. “Love the name,” Quentin said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“Down South” chronicles a hitchhiking trip on which Mr. McCartney and George Harrison bonded over guitars and rock ’n’ roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Previous seasons have required contestants to resort to old-fashioned methods to get around, including hitchhiking and relying on the kindness of strangers.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Some of those who chose to walk up PCH tried their luck hitchhiking with the few vehicles that had been able to cross into the evacuation zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

On August 10, shortly before meeting Jan Burres and Bob, McCandless had been ticketed for hitchhiking near Willow Creek, in the gold-mining country east of Eureka.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer