as in bicycles
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 hordes
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 bikes
Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Under Kansas law, there are three classes of e-bikes.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Jeremiah Jones, the nonprofit's advocacy manager, said that someone broke into the trailer and took 26 bikes and 24 helmets.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Sundeep Dosanjh, a spokesperson for Rocklin Unified, said school administrators previously saw about 120 Class 2 e-bikes at Granite Oaks Middle School alone.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Under Kansas law, there are three classes of e-bikes.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Jeremiah Jones, the nonprofit's advocacy manager, said that someone broke into the trailer and took 26 bikes and 24 helmets.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Bikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bikes. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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