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
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
From car couriers to bikes to sidewalk robots and now drones, Uber is aiming to build the most flexible delivery network in the world.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Two or three times a week, the group would incorporate extra conditioning using stationary bikes hooked up to oxygen.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The post also featured several solo shots of Lopez, who wore white jeans and a cream hoodie, next to bikes.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Players hopped on massage tables and rode on stationary bikes.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of parks for kids, people are active, running, riding their bikes.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
Depending on the season and weather, Bruchez bikes across the Yolo Causeway to get his job at UC Davis about two to three times a week.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Choppers Magazine saw this as an opportunity to bring the event to David Mann’s hometown, but to also allow folks who could not make it out to California, a chance to check out the plethora of custom bikes in the Kansas City area and to show respect to a legend of the motorcycle world.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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While most 200-horsepower sport bikes top out around 190 mph, Indian’s Challenger is a bagger that can rival them straight down the salt flats.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
From car couriers to bikes to sidewalk robots and now drones, Uber is aiming to build the most flexible delivery network in the world.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Two or three times a week, the group would incorporate extra conditioning using stationary bikes hooked up to oxygen.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The post also featured several solo shots of Lopez, who wore white jeans and a cream hoodie, next to bikes.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Players hopped on massage tables and rode on stationary bikes.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of parks for kids, people are active, running, riding their bikes.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
Depending on the season and weather, Bruchez bikes across the Yolo Causeway to get his job at UC Davis about two to three times a week.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Choppers Magazine saw this as an opportunity to bring the event to David Mann’s hometown, but to also allow folks who could not make it out to California, a chance to check out the plethora of custom bikes in the Kansas City area and to show respect to a legend of the motorcycle world.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Bikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bikes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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