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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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Recent Examples of bike

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The war played a major role for Harley-Davidson as the company produced thousands of bikes for the military. — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Michael Schneider, of the bike lane and safe streets advocacy group Streets for All, believes the project could transform the area and bring more people to the business district. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The first, proposed by the Police Department, would have established citywide rules for e-bikes and other e-conveyances on sidewalks, streets, bike lanes, public property and other public rights-of-way. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Aston Martin / Brough Superior Aston Martin isn’t the only brand Brough’s collaborated with on bikes. — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike

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Her organization is dedicated to advocacy for bicycle riders and improved roadway safety.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
One of the resources pulled was the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, which was designed to capture information on cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, according to the outlet.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of bicycle

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Meanwhile, this is the freshest old man Aaron Rodgers will be all season, and the home crowd will be a factor in native son Mike McCarthy’s debut.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Each one of these items, including a versatile milk frother, quality coffee bean grinder and buzzy candy, can be used for making a cup of coffee in the morning or entertaining a crowd ready to get caffeinated.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowd

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Over the past few days, the people at the front of the lines have gradually moved closer and closer to the courtroom, to the point where the doors can barely open without bumping into a throng of people.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
My waxer told me of a client who got her foot stuck among a moving throng—her leg went snap.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of throng

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With only two publicly demonstrated ready-to-fire missiles, a vehicle like this would be poorly suited to independently handle a large drone swarm.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Also late last week, evidence emerged that a different swarm of OpenAI’s AI agents had taken over a German wiki page and that OpenAI had failed to disclose the incident.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of swarm

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And then there are the animals The regulations say domestic or other animals kept in groups such as packs, herds, litters, bevies or flocks larger than three are prohibited, unless the Village approves otherwise by resolution.

— Luisa Yanez Updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Kicking things off are pieces adorned with Tiffany’s latest flock of birds that take their cues from Schlumberger’s 1950s Flames earrings, meant to resemble solar flares in its appearance.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of flock

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In 1935, a horde of white people stood around as Rubin Stacy, a Black farmworker, was lynched in Plantation Florida.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
His throw to Jordan Allen was the best yet, with a scramble to get away from a horde of defenders, then composing himself and finding Allen in the middle of the field for a 23-yard gain, giving the Jackets first-and-goal.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of horde

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In other places such as Libya and Somalia, Washington supported the national armies and local militias battling jihadi forces and engaged in whack-a-mole with jihadi leaders.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of army

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The internet has provided alternative comedy fans with a multitude of other opportunities to consume off-the-wall humor at any hour of the day.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
The early days of our solar system were chaotic, marked by violent interactions as a multitude of space rocks orbiting the sun crashed into other objects.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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