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taxi

[tak-see] / ˈtæk si /


NOUN
gypsy cab
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Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the firm runs the country's most popular search engine, as well as a food-ordering and taxi application used by tens of millions of people across the Russian-speaking world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Smelling a story, Cohn took a taxi out to Brooklyn’s 2001 Odyssey club.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Both companies plan to offer a commercial air taxi service using electric aircraft that function like Ubers over congested cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A lone taxi waits for a passenger in the city center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I know seeing Mom in the taxi isn’t the same as talking to her, but I still feel guilty.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Drivers and passengers of private cars, buses and taxies entering or exiting Changchun must present negative tests for the coronavirus taken within the past 48 hours.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Did a similar trip a few years ago but took local jitney's, buses, trains, taxies, even a small plane.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016

Shifting some of the load to third party services such as Uber, Lyft or taxies would help reduce some of the load placed on already-burdened emergency service providers.

From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2016

In Lagos, there were motorcycle taxies that could zip through the traffic jams.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2016

All the taxies were hired, all going downtown.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

More than 900 of the self-driving taxis now roam the streets here, doing the work of thousands of human drivers and posing what many analysts consider a threat to ride-share platforms—and drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Despite some backlash over safety concerns, operators are hoping to eat into a business dominated by Uber Technologies, Lyft, taxis and car services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Joby, a major player in the race to bring electric air taxis to market, denied the accusations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hundreds of families were gathered at dawn to collect their relatives outside the base, where cars, taxis and buses were parked in ranks preparing to take them away, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

They crowded downstairs in a flurry to hail a whole herd of taxis and head north.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

"The flight safely landed and taxied to the gate," they added.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Planes have to be located, then towed or taxied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The Boeing 777 landed safely and taxied to the gate under its own power, American said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

As Air Force Two taxied for takeoff bound for Germany, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way through the plane handing out heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Maddie had taxied this familiar airfield and roared down the rutted runway in her head so many times it felt as though she’d done it before; or as though she were dreaming now.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

“While taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, a Delta aircraft made contact with an Air Canada aircraft,” according to the Delta statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

As their planes were taxiing, Trump announced that he would nominate Jay Clayton, a U.S. attorney and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, to the position permanently.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

After landing safely, the aircraft had left the runway and was taxiing to the parking bay with passengers on board when the cargo container was sucked into its right engine.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Earlier Tuesday, an Ethiopian Airlines cargo aircraft went off the runway while taxiing coming to a standstill in the grass, the airport said in a statement, adding the incident was under investigation.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

You won’t be told anything about the men and women you’ll he taxiing.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

And taxying to Teano's, I told him in a few words what a mess I'd made of things.

From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Bob had been taxying about slowly since landing, in order to keep the engine going and the propeller slowly revolving.

From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Gerald Breckenridge

We were getting near the aerodrome, on which, to my great relief, a machine was "taxying" towards the hangars.

From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Paul Bewsher

He had to jump out of the way as the "taxying" airplane bore down on him.

From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Out through the open doorway Reade sent the airplane "taxying" or running along the ground.

From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock




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