variants
or chiefly dialectal rid
or rode
1
as in teased
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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2
as in kidded
to make fun of in a good-natured way
his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday
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3
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a condor riding high in the sky
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The 58-year-old actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had never worn a cowboy hat, ridden a horse, or seen more than a couple episodes of Euphoria before being offered the part of cowboy crime lord Alamo Brown.
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Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1980, Lee Quiñones was 20 years old and had already become, to anyone who rode the subway, a household name.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
When weekends rolled around, Schomburg rode the subway to Brooklyn with Charles Martin, a Moravian minister from Saint Kitts, to scour second-hand shops.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
For fans who have ridden with Whitcomb for years and seen his evolution encompass all of the good and bad of his journey, reveling in a project such as Deep Water, which stands as a firm proclamation of happiness, must feel like a proverbial breath of fresh air.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1980, Lee Quiñones was 20 years old and had already become, to anyone who rode the subway, a household name.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
When weekends rolled around, Schomburg rode the subway to Brooklyn with Charles Martin, a Moravian minister from Saint Kitts, to scour second-hand shops.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
For fans who have ridden with Whitcomb for years and seen his evolution encompass all of the good and bad of his journey, reveling in a project such as Deep Water, which stands as a firm proclamation of happiness, must feel like a proverbial breath of fresh air.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden
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Murphy walked onto the stage and then teased Lee’s love of the Knicks.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mythos, a new artificial intelligence model that Anthropic PBC has teased as too dangerous to release, looked at first like a problem for banks.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.—
Will Leitch,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Water levels hovered around 7 inches below the top of the dam Saturday at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex in Northern Michigan, after having spiked less than 6 inches from the top of the dam earlier in the week.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The Brent Crude front month contract hovered around $90, down more than 5% from just hours earlier, as Wall Street got set to open for trading.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Prior administrations — fom Ronald Reagan to Joe Biden — typically depended on geopolitical experts in international law, history, or intelligence, such as George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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And Netanyahu has depended on him since long before any of this.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Reiten tried lots of sports — like skiing and handball — but always found her way back to football.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Lee, who had tried to step around Rushing and then reach behind him to tag the plate, then slid awkwardly and sat up in discomfort.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The agency has floated the idea of transitioning special-education services to Health and Human Services—the department, McMahon pointed out, that oversaw special education before Ed existed.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Some Republicans have also floated adding more defense funding and a change to capital gains taxes to adjust for inflation.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s a big ensemble, elaborate costumes, a book that winks at every Rodgers and Hammerstein inconsistency that has ever bothered you, and, briefly, a dream ballet.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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Only people like Dennis bothered to notice.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Teams routinely get annoyed with media that spends time on this sort of thing, but there is no better sales tactic than drama.—
Mac Engel
April 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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But now Lamar is doing press annoyed with me.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Ridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridden. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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