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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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
Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Canoe races and costume balls, bike races and game booths, folk festivals and powwows.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Second, people in my neighborhood ride electric scooters and bikes on the sidewalk.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
His mentor was a former colleague who completed a bike ride from San Francisco to Boston at age 77.
—Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 1 Mar. 2026
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One person has died after a pair of bicyclists collided on a bike path in the Northern California city of Davis on Monday, officials said.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Canoe races and costume balls, bike races and game booths, folk festivals and powwows.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Second, people in my neighborhood ride electric scooters and bikes on the sidewalk.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
His mentor was a former colleague who completed a bike ride from San Francisco to Boston at age 77.
—Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bike. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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