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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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The blaze had grown rapidly through the day, driven by gusty winds, low humidity and dry brush.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The Princeton University startup aims to accelerate and increase lithium production yields from brine sources as demand rises, driven by the growth of AI and robotics.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

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Owen Caissie was hit by a pitch and motored to third on Mack’s single.

— August 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
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

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Turner's defense team, which presented no evidence at trial, argued that his phone had been hacked.

— Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In the following weeks, Anthropic revealed that its AI agents had also hacked three real companies back in April, unbeknownst to the company at the time.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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And Ian Happ raced around from first to score on the throwing error, giving the Cubs a 4-3 lead.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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In one case, agents in Bowie, Maryland, smashed a father’s car window, dragged him out, and pinned him to the ground — while his 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old children watched from the back seat.

— Arlene Marcus, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
As power outages in northwest Indiana dragged on for over a week, Alyssa Casalin said her 2-month-old boy grew increasingly restless.

— Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

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