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Recent Examples of joyride
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
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
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Noun
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
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
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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The transit or landing of planes is allowed only in case of an emergency, the newspaper said.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Chicago deserves leaders who treat public safety, accountability and reliable transit as priorities, not afterthoughts.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Most Popular Notorious murderer Richard Crafts, who used a chain saw to cut up his wife’s body and a wood chipper to dispose of it, is out of prison and living in a halfway house, a state Department of Correction spokeswoman said Friday.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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When the singing was done Ma Binney brought me back to her tent and cut up a tomato, put it between two slices of bread, and served it to me on a china plate taken from a wooden chest next to her bed-roll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Diesel — the backbone of Thailand’s transport, agriculture and industrial sectors — rose 18%, amplifying the shock for households and businesses already facing rising costs.—
Randy Thanthong-Knight,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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When their transport convoy is ambushed, the two are forced to run while being shackled to each other and need to work together to reach their destination alive and on time.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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People used to clown Compton ’cause the high school mascot is Tarbabes.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Phoenix dons makeup and transforms, taking a disturbed disaster of a stand-up comedian down the dark and dangerous path to being a killer clown.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With water temperatures in the low 60’s and only four hours left to fish, Bennett and Shad motored over to a new spot on the west end of the lake where the water was shallower.—
Kubie Brown,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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Aberg was 5 under through his opening four holes and motored his way around the TPC Sawgrass with one amazing shot after another.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The state transportation agency said drivers should avoid the area or use alternate routes.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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This industrial halt will be compounded by a global transportation freeze, as soaring jet and bunker fuel premiums ground commercial aviation and maritime shipping, effectively ending the era of low-cost, just-in-time logistics.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 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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Building on the buzz surrounding Ouai, Atkin founded Mane, a hair tools brand this time, in 2023.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The pioneering program started with a fleet of black and white robots from Starship Technologies tooling around the campus at the University of Illinois Chicago.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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