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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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Anti-immigrant marches and vigilante groups have driven a wave of social upheaval in South Africa this year, often blaming foreign migrants for the country's high crime rate.

— Rael Ombuor The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Oil prices have climbed above $100 per barrel during the disruptions, driven by fears that further attacks could constrain the amount of oil reaching international markets.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

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As Hernández motored around the bases, JJ Bleday, crashing in from left field, secured the ball and fired to De La Cruz, who was situated in shallow center.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
On Friday, Thomas motored his way around a double-team and sacked Seattle QB Jalen Milroe, forcing a fumble that the Seahawks recovered.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

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The reporters, Bernard Nicolas and Thierry Gadault, believed that the files had been hacked by Project Raven, a long-running surveillance operation conducted by Emirati intelligence.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Hacktron conducted the entire operation within 72 hours in late July, soon after some of OpenAI’s agents broke containment and hacked the AI platform Hugging Face.

— Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

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Three plays later, Watson took a handoff and raced for a 14-yard touchdown.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Diaby intercepted a pass in the attacking third, raced to the edge of the penalty box and blasted a rising shot into the net to cap the scoring in the 63rd minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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The sophomore set him down outside the door of the boys varsity locker room, and a 15-year-old grabbed the victim’s ankles, dragged him inside and held him down, the boy told police.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
My brother is lying on the floor, as if thrown down and dragged there.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

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