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Recent Examples of joyride
Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Someone stole a Clear Creek County shuttle bus that was parked in Georgetown on Friday afternoon and took it on a joyride on Interstate 70, speeding through a crash scene and nearly hitting emergency workers in the road.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The teaser also shows Marcello touching Emily's leg at dinner, giving her a smile during a joyride and the two sharing an intimate kiss in bed.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Someone stole a Clear Creek County shuttle bus that was parked in Georgetown on Friday afternoon and took it on a joyride on Interstate 70, speeding through a crash scene and nearly hitting emergency workers in the road.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 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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Demonstrate that Atlanta's transit system can hold its own while encouraging more people to give it a try.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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This transit stokes your sense of independence and even rebelliousness, inspiring you to strike out against convention and innovate more than ever.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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ConocoPhillips announced plans to cut up to 25% of its global staff.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, as all of this is happening, Meredith is cutting up with the other ladies at the spa, without a care in the world.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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To evaluate its performance, researchers applied a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model called Snowbedfoam to simulate snow transport and assess the snow-drifting effects around Helioplant systems.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said Lopez-Oliva helped Lopez transport victims to and from the New Orleans Airport.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This was clown stuff in a city where, per a 2024 report, someone earning the average salary ($88,647) could afford only 5 percent of rentals on the market after factoring in upfront costs such as broker’s fees and security deposits.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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Stephen King novel that inspired two previous versions, one a TV miniseries with Tim Curry defining the evil clown Pennywise for the ages, the other a two-part theatrical release in 2017 and 2019, of which the first part was much better than the second.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Wall Street motored higher through a remarkably calm summer thanks to euphoria around artificial-intelligence technology and strong profit reports from companies.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Here is the match schedule for games in KC, as well as information about tickets, the FIFA fan fest, team base camps and area transportation.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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The rising costs of tuition, housing, food, and transportation have grown faster than income from part-time jobs.—
Liam McCusker,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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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Once, before kids, my husband and I ponied up for a convertible that was perfect for tooling around sunny Naples.—
Megan Margulies,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Dec. 2025
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But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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