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joyridden

verb

past participle of joyride

as in automobiled

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Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated.

— Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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Instead, the brothers were beaten with fists, knees and feet in the home’s basement before being driven to the cornfield and buried.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
If your engine still has original, non-hardened valve seats and is driven under load or at highway speeds, using a lead substitute additive can help reduce valve seat wear.

— John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

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Eventually, Flores and Álvarez motored to the rendezvous point, where there was no sign of the Fiorella, or of the other skiff.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

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Ridley, who won an Oscar for writing 12 Years a Slave, doesn’t hold back on some of his favorites of the year – one about a man who hacked into the telephone system using his voice, and another about an iconic actor who recently turned 90.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 July 2026
Stokes allegedly hacked an unnamed luxury jewelry retailer in May 2025 while using a VPN.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026

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The Speed actor met Hollinger — who raced motorcycles as a child until age 34, eventually launching his own custom-bike building business — in 2009, when Reeves commissioned Hollinger to build a bike for him.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
An islandwide blackout plunged Cuba’s nearly 10 million residents into darkness Monday, exposing a crumbling power grid and dwindling fuel reserves as officials raced to restore electricity.

— Milexsy Durán, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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Two men dragged a third into the emergency room and laid him on the floor, according to footage shown in court.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
His efforts dragged him into a love triangle with Annis and her former partner, Corbin Mims, which ultimately left Caleb single ahead of Casa Amor, the show’s midseason twist.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 10 July 2026

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