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Recent Examples of joyride
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
The joyride ended in a crash and a list of felony charges, including offering a $15,000 bribe to the arresting officers, the Wilmington Police Department reports.
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Mark Price
may 19,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The victims of his 119 mph joyride.
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
The joyride ended in a crash and a list of felony charges, including offering a $15,000 bribe to the arresting officers, the Wilmington Police Department reports.
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Mark Price
may 19,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
Verb
Now, to joyride around the skyscrapers.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
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Rigorous, exhaustive testing of all tracks, signaling systems, and vehicles is the standard industry practice for major airport transit infrastructure to guarantee seamless long-term system integration.
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The two nations’ presidents met last week; Honduras is a transit route for South American cocaine into North America, and may be evolving into a producer as well as a conduit.
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Its asymmetrical riff on the classic bucket hat takes the usual cut up a notch.
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The new non-stop flights will cut up to four hours off travel time compared to current one-stop services.
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In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
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In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
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Now, in Crimea, Kyiv is systematically targeting key transport links and supply routes connecting the peninsula to southern Russian forces, aiming to disrupt logistics and isolate military infrastructure there.
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Poland and Ukraine are using the event to finalize a new bilateral, intergovernmental pact designed to cover transport, energy, and logistics.
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In the second episode, Tom spends a night in the local inn, and ends up in a crawl space with the ghost of a psychotic killer clown.
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There’s one dressed as a circus clown.
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Clear-eyed CEOs understand that tooling for the hardest parts, registering every agent as an enterprise asset, and finding reusable patterns across those agents still takes deliberate human work.
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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.
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Doug Turnbull covers the traffic/transportation beat for WXIA-TV (11Alive).
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A lot of the journey has been on foot, but sometimes Cohen uses other forms of transportation, including a train to upstate New York that closely follows the historic route.
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Types of stunt kites Classic dual-line kites: The most common variety, these stunt kites first appeared in the 1970s and are designed to be lightweight and responsive.
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From sailing along the islets of Daku and Naked Island, to kite surfing and paddle boarding, water activities come in troves here.
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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