rode

variants or chiefly dialectal rid
past tense of ride
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as in depended
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

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Recent Examples of rode After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024 Retracing the gunman's steps using surveillance video, investigators say the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle and emerged from the park without his backpack. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024 An engineer by training, Su spearheaded a bottom-up redesign of AMD’s products, repaired relationships with customers, and rode the AI boom to new heights. Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024 The Texas Rangers rode World Series MVP Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Nathan Eovaldi to a title in 2023. Tim Britton, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024 The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon was launched in 1979 and rode on the same platform until it was finally redesigned in 2019. Karl Brauer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Also still missing is an electric bike the suspect rode toward Central Park, according to surveillance images released by authorities. Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024 Bella rode 3 horses and qualified to 7 different finals, bringing home her first CHAMPIONSHIP buckle! Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Investigators continue to search for the electric bike the suspect rode the day of the shooting and are examining whether the shooter used a veterinary gun, a larger firearm used on farms and ranches to put down animals without causing a loud noise, Kenny said Friday. Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rode
Verb
  • The airline teased plans for at least 12 new intercontinental routes from Seattle in the future.
    Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In its September announcement, Google teased other use cases for digital IDs, including account recovery, identity verification, and even car rentals.
    Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Average temperatures hovered near 60 degrees, roughly four degrees above normal.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Unusual phenomena have been linked to the sightings, including a family's report of their car clock changing while a drone hovered overhead.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • We were meant to be in little tribes, and our survival depended on our tribe being well off.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Scales, gauges show sizes of model trains In the early years, the size of a model train and its tracks depended on the manufacturer.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Another scenario is a retreat to familiar methods—doubling down on tried-and-tested networks, even if that means missing emerging openings.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The search for Prague’s missing books began during World War II, when members of the city’s then Jewish community tried to track some of them down, Bušek said.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Patrick then floated the idea of the film being ready to release on Fourth of July weekend.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One longtime league executive believes that was a sign the Bears at least have floated the idea internally.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Rode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rode. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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