joyridden

verb

past participle of joyride
as in automobiled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyridden
  1. tooled
  2. driven
  3. motored
  4. hacked
  5. raced
  6. dragged
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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
Definition of tooled
Verb
  • This is likely driven by the insane popularity of Aura Battler Dunbine in Japan these days, despite the anime being first broadcast back in 1983.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to the strong results, which were driven by continued demand for Prancing Horses and more customers opting to personalize their vehicle, the company is raising its full-year guidance, according to CNBC.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of driven
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  • Yoshida began the top of the 10th as the automatic runner on second, but immediately motored to third on a first-pitch sacrifice bunt by Wong and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Seigler.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of motored
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  • OpenAI said models under evaluation helped an agent compromise Hugging Face’s production infrastructure; the Associated Press later reported that Anthropic also detected that its models hacked three organizations during their own cyber testing.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Human error led to Anthropic hacks In a blog post published on Thursday, Anthropic said that in three separate incidents in recent months, AI models undergoing testing of their cybercapabilities hacked into three unsuspecting companies.
    — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of hacked
Verb
  • Huffy, a brand once dismissed by some but historically durable and even Olympic-raced, has successfully reinvented itself in the e-bike market.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Right fielder Wilyer Abreu raced home, tying the game at 4-4.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • The public information request process dragged on for several months.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • According to Lupo, Boise’s above-average traffic congestion, coupled with a lack of economic diversity, dragged Boise’s score down in this category.
    — Hali Smith July 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
Definition of dragged
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“Joyridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyridden. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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