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Recent Examples of joyride
Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
That crew, as first reported by The News, managed to take the trains out on a high-speed joyride along express tracks in Brooklyn.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Police in New York are looking for a group of thieves who daringly stole a subway train in Brooklyn and took it for a joyride — and posted about their exploits on Instagram.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The Vikings are on a franchise-unprecedented joyride behind reawakened quarterback Sam Darnold and a tenacious top defense under coordinator Brian Flores.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Related article Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
Blue Origin also routinely launches its New Shepard rocket, a suborbital vehicle designed to carry groups of paying customers on 10-minute joyrides that brush the edge of space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
That crew, as first reported by The News, managed to take the trains out on a high-speed joyride along express tracks in Brooklyn.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Police in New York are looking for a group of thieves who daringly stole a subway train in Brooklyn and took it for a joyride — and posted about their exploits on Instagram.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The Vikings are on a franchise-unprecedented joyride behind reawakened quarterback Sam Darnold and a tenacious top defense under coordinator Brian Flores.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
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In a letter filed to the docket in the MTA’s lawsuit to save the program, Roberta Kaplan, an attorney for the transit agency, said she’s been in discussions with lawyers for the federal government as both sides seek to schedule the case.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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These pilots are the only ones allowed to make the 50-mile transit, with the ship’s captain required to cede control for the complex journey through the isthmus passage.—
Silvana Paternostro Nathalia Angarita,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Skrillex has never restricted his distension of sonic materials to merely supersizing his bass lines, and among other things, the voices on this album are routinely phased and retuned and cut up.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Here, Pulisic cuts up the left channel to offer a destination for a through ball.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Plans for air support had been scuttled for various reasons, but several armored transports are on the way to evacuate them from the area.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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This was caused by record global heat and cool air conditioning, rising industry consumption, electrification of transport, and growth of data centers and AI (artificial intelligence).—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Directing actors who make all the physical transitions onstage in between scenes also appeals to Saur, whose professional resume includes acting, acrobatics, clowning and drag.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet clowned around onstage during the Superman presentation at CinemaCon.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The company has now motored into the Taipei Cycle 2025 trade show with a fat-tire adventure model and an addition to its ebii commuter.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2025
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This season, led by first-time All-Star Cade Cunningham and Coach of the Year candidate J.B. Bickerstaff, the Pistons have motored to the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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As a county commissioner, Higgins took on affordable housing and transportation as her main issues.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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On the downside, trade, transportation and utilities saw a loss of 6,000 jobs and natural resources and mining declined by 3,000.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Arc Games Treacherous terrain is a big part of the strategy, whether using it for power-ups or kiting enemies into bad spots.—
Kevin Purdy,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Saturday 🐶 Celebrate dogs and kites at the free Fest of Tails at McAllister Park, 9am-2pm.—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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For Patients: Stay Informed: Research and understand which AI tools your healthcare providers are using.—
David Henkin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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Right now, there exists very few software tools, mostly open source by the Google team, providing early software tooling that technology teams need to start modeling.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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