Thesaurus results for BIKE

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noun (1)

ˈbīk

Definition of bike

as in bicycle

a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends

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noun (2)

chiefly Scottish

as in crowd

a great number of persons or creatures massed together the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe

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Recent Examples of bike

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The city installs all these bike lanes but neglects to enforce rules and regulations on the users. — Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Devine told me that e-bike and moped marketing is confusing and regulations keeping e-bikes safely classified are cloudy. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike

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Finally, more and more of these electric bicycles are going as fast as cars on streets where the speed limit is 25 or 30 mph.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Riders, bicycle-makers, drivers, pedestrians and lawmakers need to have their heads on swivels, as some have been too complacent about the dangers.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of bicycle

Noun

The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Large-scale events involve tabletop exercises with law enforcement, fire departments, emergency managers and venue officials running through countless scenarios — evacuations, suspicious packages, drones and crowd surges.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of crowd

Noun

Tour guides in tricorn hats and colonial garb brought throngs of tourists to sites along the Freedom Trail, including the Granary Burying Ground, the Old North Church, and Paul Revere’s home.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Tomorrow may be even more surreal, with another day of oppressive heat and throngs of tourists in town to see what the president has billed as the biggest fireworks display in human history.

— Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Definition of throng

Noun

Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.

— David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of swarm

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That year, as Fredriksen explains, a flock of them took up residence in Palm Beach County’s Stormwater Treatment Area 2 (STA-2), some 80 miles north of their traditional grounds in the Keys and the southern edges of the Everglades.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026
In a 2024 paper, the researchers reported that doctors from the best medical schools flock to the highest-paying specialties.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of flock

Noun

With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live!

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of horde

Noun

The framework has provisions for a test run of sorts, with Israeli troops withdrawing from two pilot zones where the Lebanese army will gradually assume security responsibilities.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Earlier this month, the Nigerian army rescued more than 300 people abducted by Boko Haram from Ngoshe, a town about 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Lassa, where Monday’s abduction happened.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Definition of army

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Disney guests across the parks, resorts and cruise line may interact with these small businesses in a multitude of ways without even knowing it.

— Megan duBois, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
No single category can contain the Whitmanesque multitudes jockeying for position inside us.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

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