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Recent Examples of hitchhike
Colleen was 20 years old when she was kidnapped while hitchhiking in California.
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Makena Gera, People.com, 20 May 2025
Two Black men pick up a white woman hitchhiking on the boulevard.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
In the video clip, Carpenter is seen hitchhiking on the side of a highway sporting a white button-up shirt, baby blue heels and denim cutoffs, per USA TODAY.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 June 2025
Previous research has documented individual nematodes hitchhiking on insects.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Makena Gera, People.com, 20 May 2025
Two Black men pick up a white woman hitchhiking on the boulevard.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
In the video clip, Carpenter is seen hitchhiking on the side of a highway sporting a white button-up shirt, baby blue heels and denim cutoffs, per USA TODAY.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 June 2025
Previous research has documented individual nematodes hitchhiking on insects.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitchhike
Verb
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If more cash from Congress is required, lawmakers may look to hitch it to a must-pass spending bill.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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Though they got hitched in 2022, Colleen and Matt didn't move in together for two more years.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Sandler, because of that punim of his, is good at playing bummed, but this scene demanded more shading — anger, charm, cockiness.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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But, yeah, I was bummed to kind of put the team in that spot.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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“Hitchhike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhike. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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