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Now Kiki is spooked, walks right out of the party, and basically hitchhikes a ride with some invisible truck driver.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
His career began by flipping Whoppers at Burger King, hitchhiking across the world, and living off of food stamps.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Crowding out the understory Researchers think Japanese stiltgrass hitchhiked to the United States in the early 1900s.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
His career began by flipping Whoppers at Burger King, hitchhiking across the world, and living off of food stamps.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Crowding out the understory Researchers think Japanese stiltgrass hitchhiked to the United States in the early 1900s.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hitchhike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitchhike
hitch
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As the name implies, sucker fish quite literally attach themselves to the whales using an adhesive plate on their heads to hitch an easy ride across the ocean.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Born near West Point, Mississippi, in 1910, Chester Arthur Burnett hitched a train to the Delta at 13.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Hitchhike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhike. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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