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Recent Examples of joyride
Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
Maya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster take an emotional joyride courtesy of Kesha on this week’s episode of Loot.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The joyride took place Tuesday night, after the real bus driver pulled into a terminal and got out to take a break.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
Maya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster take an emotional joyride courtesy of Kesha on this week’s episode of Loot.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
Now, to joyride around the skyscrapers.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
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This relatively short repositioning cruise is nevertheless packed with interesting moments, starting with a transit of the Panama Canal.—
Scott Laird,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
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In 2023, recognizing the financial challenges of hosting, FIFA conceded that transit could be priced to cover the cost of providing it.—
Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Verb
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In the photos, the former teammates are seen celebrating wins on the court, relaxing on vacation and cutting up during practice.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Because the rings were found intact and not cut up for currency, this suggests they were not used for trade but instead served a symbolic purpose, likely decorative, communicating status, wealth, and power.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Four people were killed on May 14 when a medical transport airplane crashed in New Mexico and caused a fire, authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Scientists at the University of Washington discovered highways within the fault that transport migrating fluid, which facilitates further weakening and stress on the fault, according to a paper published earlier this year in Science.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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There’s one dressed as a circus clown.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
11 May 2026
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But when not asked to clown too much, Nicole Heaston (Alice), Sarah Saturnino (Meg), Hyona Kim (Mistress Quickly) and Deanna Breiwick (Nannetta) reveal seductive powers and Breiwick brings Fairy Queen magical lyricism to the final scene.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Brian said that his wife fell overboard from their eight-foot dinghy while the couple motored back to their yacht, Soulmate, off the coast of Elbow Cay around dusk.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Of the last four Formula 1 races in Miami Gardens, two Miami Grands Prix and two F1 Sprints, McLaren’s motored to four wins, including three consecutive 1-2 finishes.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Noun
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And there are valid questions about what lasting impact there may be for the Kansas City area, particularly in terms of future regional transportation concepts that KC2026 hopes will take root.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2026
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Jay Blackman Jay Blackman is an NBC News producer covering such areas as transportation, space, medical and consumer issues.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In February of 2017, the British business magnate Richard Branson posted photos of Obama learning to kite surf off Branson’s private island, in the Caribbean.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For example, kites need to be designed symmetrically to successfully catch the wind, which is often blowing horizontally, Choi said, adding that sometimes people don’t attach a kite’s tail properly, not realizing the tail helps the kite orient itself.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Liccardo asked Atkins whether the SEC has opened an investigation into the trades, and what tools the SEC has to investigate them.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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There is also the chance that the AI tools misunderstood meanings or context, the researchers noted.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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