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
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The hotel also offers rainforest tours through the park and lends out bikes to those who want to venture out on their own.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
He’s also promised to keep the 15 mph speed limit for Citi Bike e-bikes.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Thirty-five people took to the trail network with e-bikes and UTVs and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Class 2 e-bikes can reach speeds up to 20 mph.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
This kind of approach makes sense in part because most of the people getting hurt in incidents involving e-bikes are e-bike riders.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2025
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For the project, the group of students from the Department of Sports Equipment and Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz) joined forces with UK bicycle brand Vielo to craft four ultra-light cargo bikes.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The hotel also offers rainforest tours through the park and lends out bikes to those who want to venture out on their own.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
He’s also promised to keep the 15 mph speed limit for Citi Bike e-bikes.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Thirty-five people took to the trail network with e-bikes and UTVs and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Class 2 e-bikes can reach speeds up to 20 mph.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
This kind of approach makes sense in part because most of the people getting hurt in incidents involving e-bikes are e-bike riders.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Bikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bikes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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