to travel by securing free rides
another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country
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Recent Examples of hitchhikeThis week, the pop star has been taking to the streets to tease a new project, first with a clip of herself trying to hitchhike followed by a series of mysterious billboards.—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 June 2025 Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.—Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025 The towers could allow some of their members to reach new places or to hitchhike on other organisms such as fruit flies.—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 June 2025 There are plenty of smaller-scale grin-inducing moments, too, like bouncing high off a hitchhiking shyguy or seeing a traffic cone sprout legs and walk off (there was a tiny biddybud inside it, don'tcha know).—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hitchhike
The episode then ends with a surprise twist after Issa backs out and Paul Baker ends up getting hitched to Anton, with the two sharing a loving kiss after growing closer to each other all season.
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Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Sure, folks are talking about Jeff Bezos finally getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez, reportedly in Venice, Italy.
Paired with the gray-ish green color palette, sparse decor, and dark atmospherics in the Institute itself, the bleak vibes may be enough to turn some viewers off for good, especially those horror purists who tune in hoping to be terrified rather than just bummed out.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
In a lot of ways obviously, devastated and bummed out.
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