as in hitching
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 hitchhiking
Lint rollers are also an excellent tool at at removing hitchhiking bed bugs from your person or belongings, adds Wilson.
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Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Black had contact with many people in town while hitchhiking back and forth.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Bunnie, 45, went on to reveal her own harrowing hitchhiking experience after agreeing with her podcast co-hosts that the method of traveling for free with a passing vehicle is rare now compared to the ‘60s.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The book folds together his dual life, Deadhead kid hitchhiking to a concert and the scale-up CEO advising founders burning through growth curves never before seen in tech.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
His journey involved freighters, hitchhiking and about any means of transportation available that was not an airplane or rental car.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The high school student was hitchhiking for a ride to her ballet class (rather than waiting for the bus) when Kemper picked her up.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Black had contact with many people in town while hitchhiking back and forth.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Bunnie, 45, went on to reveal her own harrowing hitchhiking experience after agreeing with her podcast co-hosts that the method of traveling for free with a passing vehicle is rare now compared to the ‘60s.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The book folds together his dual life, Deadhead kid hitchhiking to a concert and the scale-up CEO advising founders burning through growth curves never before seen in tech.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
His journey involved freighters, hitchhiking and about any means of transportation available that was not an airplane or rental car.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The high school student was hitchhiking for a ride to her ballet class (rather than waiting for the bus) when Kemper picked her up.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitchhiking
hitching
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Unlike the city of Poway, which favors hitching posts over parking meters, San Diego has elected to ignore all rational analyses of parking fee options, in favor of looking at parking as a cash cow.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Several Vanderpump Rules alumni aren't hitching their wagons to The Valley.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
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“Hitchhiking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhiking. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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