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
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
3 July 2026
Suffering from a broken rib and sinus infection, Remco Evenepoel hands his bidon to a child on the roadside and dismounts his bike.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Fat tires improve comfort and stability across city streets, bike paths, and light gravel, giving riders confidence wherever the road leads.
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New Atlas,
2 July 2026
Multiple people have been arrested and cited for vandalism, including Hearn, who was on a bike ride before he was arrested on June 19.
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Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Easy Breezy Vogue cover star Gracie Abrams mixed casual separates in all-white on a recent bike ride in London.
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Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
3 July 2026
Suffering from a broken rib and sinus infection, Remco Evenepoel hands his bidon to a child on the roadside and dismounts his bike.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Fat tires improve comfort and stability across city streets, bike paths, and light gravel, giving riders confidence wherever the road leads.
—
New Atlas,
2 July 2026
Multiple people have been arrested and cited for vandalism, including Hearn, who was on a bike ride before he was arrested on June 19.
—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bike
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The person is lying down right now, seemingly unconscious, bicycle torn up.
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According to a report from Oak Park officials, a female juvenile was approached by a man on a bicycle in an alley between 1100 Lyman and Taylor Avenue.
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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.
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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.
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Norway fans kept up a steady patter of chants and song throughout the early innings, a display that prompted SNY field reporter Steve Gelbs to brave the throng.
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Others hung out on apartment patios overhead as the two orange buses and a throng of people at least eight blocks in length passed by.
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Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
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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.
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Neusch barged past the couple on the stairs and released a flock of insect drones from his leg pouch.
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Look, snakes of a feather flock together.
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With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No single category can contain the Whitmanesque multitudes jockeying for position inside us.
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“Bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bike. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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