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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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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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More recently, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, was killed on July 25 after he was hit by a stray bullet while riding his bike outside a Bronx bodega. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 Several signs along Southwest Boulevard clearly indicate that the right lane also exists as a bike path. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 In bike-friendly countries such as the Netherlands parity hit about even. — Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 One other important factor was that Camila did not know how to ride a bike. — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike

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For years, however, the righthand lane was a lane shared by both motor vehicles and bicycles.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
The suspect fled the scene on a bicycle before officers arrived.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of bicycle

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Right in the middle of cheering, reveling masses was MARTA — a connective system of veins that efficiently moved the happy throngs.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
That was illustrated by the massive media throng surrounding Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, just one table away from where Whittingham spoke to a slightly smaller crowd.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of throng

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The swarms of flies that roamed the planet like a devouring fog enclosed the top of the tower, building new, shivering walls, buzzing in a frenzy of life and hunger.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of swarm

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This is a real neighborhood with authentic shops and restaurants, removed from the hordes of tourists near the Duomo.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
That year, the number of possible points had changed from two hundred to four hundred, and the newspapers reported that this test had slaughtered hordes of top students.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of horde

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Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief, according to a statement on social media.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
In 2024, he was made commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, one of the most senior posts in the Ukrainian army, before being appointed commander of the Joint Forces the following year.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of army

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There is a multitude of things for trainers to do beyond the main story of the game, some of the highlights being battling with Dynamaxed Pokemon and battling other players online.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
But a blip can contain multitudes, and this one allows Murashige to question every aspect of the social order that has shaped him.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

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