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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Recent Examples of ridden
But claims from both sides that the young socialist rode a wave of working-class anger are wide of the mark.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Larry Thomas — who played the character on Seinfeld — rode a few minutes of screen time into an Emmy nomination and a lifetime of fan conventions.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Ed Koch famously rode the bus to his 1978 mayoral inauguration.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
His wife rode the storm out in Jamaica, witnessing firsthand the widespread destruction.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Larry Thomas — who played the character on Seinfeld — rode a few minutes of screen time into an Emmy nomination and a lifetime of fan conventions.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Ed Koch famously rode the bus to his 1978 mayoral inauguration.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
His wife rode the storm out in Jamaica, witnessing firsthand the widespread destruction.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden
Verb
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The duo also teased what to expect from Season 2 of The Pitt.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Earlier this week, Ballerini teased the forthcoming release by posting a video on her socials that showed Ballerini swinging on a swingset in a park.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Housing costs have skyrocketed in the years following the outbreak of the pandemic, and mortgage rates have hovered between 6 percent and 7 percent since 2022, chipping away at Americans’ purchasing power.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, bitcoin slid almost 3% and hovered around $100,650 in a sign of risk-off sentiment.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The United States has depended on foreign suppliers of TNT since the mid-1980s, when the last domestic TNT facility shut down largely due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations.—
Macklin Fishman,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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On third-and-1 with seven seconds left, Schakel took the snap and tried to spike the ball, which would have stopped the clock and given his team one final play to go for the win.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Soika, a surgeon, unsuccessfully tried to book a rental car to get to Utah for a weekend trip before settling on an option that seemed straight out of Hollywood.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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This isn't the first time a tariff revenue check to the American people has been floated.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Trump has frequently floated the idea of tariff rebate checks.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If you can’t be bothered to make the most of your credit card points, Shop With Points may be your best alternative.—
Sarah Hostetler,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Ron can’t be bothered much with Douglas.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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She’d been awakened by their puppy, and had been annoyed at Ryan, who hadn’t gotten up early with the dog like he was supposed to.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kelce was evaluated for a concussion in the locker room, and he was annoyed at having to answer the questions that are part of the test.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Ridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridden. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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