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Recent Examples of joyride
Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
If that first season was a high-speed joyride—part Mad Max, part Mario Kart—Season 2 hit the accelerator, stretching across 10 episodes that grew bolder, stranger, and more emotionally grounded, with a finale that offers its characters a glimpse of what life beyond survival looks like.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
However, Harrison has denied any involvement in the joyride.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
San Diego’s Alan Trammell, the shortstop on that Tigers team and perhaps its best performer, has said the ’84 team’s joyride seemed ordained by a higher source.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Most parking garages are more interested in keeping your car safe while you’re gone than taking it for an extended joyride.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
If that first season was a high-speed joyride—part Mad Max, part Mario Kart—Season 2 hit the accelerator, stretching across 10 episodes that grew bolder, stranger, and more emotionally grounded, with a finale that offers its characters a glimpse of what life beyond survival looks like.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
However, Harrison has denied any involvement in the joyride.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
San Diego’s Alan Trammell, the shortstop on that Tigers team and perhaps its best performer, has said the ’84 team’s joyride seemed ordained by a higher source.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
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The Star previously shared how to navigate Main Street’s new transit-only lanes.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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An audit and internal review of the transit agency are underway to address the financial and communication failures.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The boat therefore needed metal or plastic cages installed around the engines, so that the diver wouldn’t get accidentally cut up by their blades — and finding a boat and then the right cages fit onto the boat would take time.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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Techniques like this have been around for some time, but Micro-C uses an enzyme that can cut up DNA more finely than before.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Haegele said the Cincinnati Fire Department is no longer involved because medical transports have been completed.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Oct. 2025
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Even well into the 1930s, America’s defense machinery was woefully lacking, especially in the critical transport of material and personnel.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bill Skarsgård — who plays the killer clown Pennywise and also Bob Gray, his human alias — was talking to Andy Muschietti, who was directing.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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Sure, pop and hip-hop may still ultimately dominate the top 40 arena, but the gentle upswing in popularity for a genre long clowned for being dead is obviously noteworthy.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Five pedal-assist levels are available, plus throttle too – either way, the e-trike will motor you to 20 mph (32 km/h).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Oct. 2025
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The de facto captain oriented himself by motoring northwest along the coast towards Havana.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Bad Boy Records founder was sentenced to four years in prison at the beginning of October after he was found guilty in July of two felony counts of transportation to engage in prostitution at the end of a two-month trial.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
21 Oct. 2025
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Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The latest rollout was a 1,400 square meter property in the upmarket Lekki district in Lagos, built on a grassy playground where children once flew kites close to the city’s lagoon.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
18 July 2025
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Arc Games Treacherous terrain is a big part of the strategy, whether using it for power-ups or kiting enemies into bad spots.—
Kevin Purdy,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Guests staying at the Beach Club have indulgent perks like a complimentary 15-minute ride on the adorable Sorbetto Fiat boat that tools around Lake Boca.—
Angela Caraway-Carlton,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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