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Recent Examples of joyride
Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
In many cases, teens are stealing the vehicles for crime sprees and joyrides after watching the social media tutorials, the suit says.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2024
The team’s 61-101 campaign last season was a relative joyride compared to its current journey.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
But Ulf is this instinctive being who now has a Ferrari and is taking it for a joyride.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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Since the June 7 release of her sixth studio album, 32-year-old Charli’s joyride to the center of popular culture has accelerated at an astounding velocity.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
In many cases, teens are stealing the vehicles for crime sprees and joyrides after watching the social media tutorials, the suit says.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2024
The team’s 61-101 campaign last season was a relative joyride compared to its current journey.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
But Ulf is this instinctive being who now has a Ferrari and is taking it for a joyride.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
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Additionally, when working with dispensaries that mainly rely on cash transactions, cash transit partners with specific cannabis practices are recommended.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Clipper At most of these BART stations, people can use a Clipper card, which is valid to pay for fares at all Bay Area transit agencies, including BART, SamTrans, VTA, Muni and AC Transit.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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By sector, technology suffered the worst, with job cuts up 128 percent on-month to 7,488, followed by automotive (123 percent), services (106 percent), retail (96 percent), and media and news (27 percent).—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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In the frying process, those odd crumbles can be cut up in a casual manner with a spatula.—
Cathy Thomas,
Orange County Register,
10 Feb. 2025
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Two days later, on January 31, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Six people were killed on Jan. 31 when a medical transport plane with six people onboard crashed near a Philadelphia shopping mall.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2025
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He was clowned for his efforts at making Buzelis sound cool.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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The car door opened, and a comical number of dancers streamed out—another reference to clowning.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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If a whale appears closer than that, the boats are advised to slowly motor away from the animal.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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There, cars took turns motoring them a few miles to the Nyack Lodge.—
Robert Klara,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Sources may generally include offshore petroleum production, discharges during marine transportation and naturally occurring seepage from the ocean floor, the Florida DEP said.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Reading Terminal Market, for instance, is located in downtown Philadelphia, near hotels, transportation arteries and a five-minute walk to City Hall.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Cowell also assembled a small prison ensemble and played duets with violinist Raul Pereira, who was serving time for kiting checks.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Jan. 2025
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In addition to coveted sightings of the Florida scrub jay, birders can seek out 142 other bird species observed along the Great Florida Birding Trail within the park, including chestnut-sided warblers, Mississippi kites, and Blackburnian warblers.—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Dec. 2024
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Among the primary focuses of utilizing VR technology in the build process includes ensuring correct part ordering and tooling and enhancing safety and ergonomics, Sikorski said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2025
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While in his mid-twenties, Olea would tool around the Key — or take a jaunt to Coconut Grove — with a carload of teenage girls.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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