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
Sylvester rode with her to drop Wole at the airport in Amarillo, later that morning.
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David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The teen is accused of using a rope to tie an upside-down folding table to the back of his vehicle and then pulling that table through the parking lot while a male friend, also 17, rode on top of the table.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Mikha Diaz has been the Xenophon’s executive director since April 2024, rode horses a bit as a child, but got back into it more seriously when her daughter began riding seven years ago at age four.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Police also found that Medeiros scheduled an Uber that a fifth victim, a 16-year-old, rode to his home.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The teen is accused of using a rope to tie an upside-down folding table to the back of his vehicle and then pulling that table through the parking lot while a male friend, also 17, rode on top of the table.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Mikha Diaz has been the Xenophon’s executive director since April 2024, rode horses a bit as a child, but got back into it more seriously when her daughter began riding seven years ago at age four.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Police also found that Medeiros scheduled an Uber that a fifth victim, a 16-year-old, rode to his home.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden
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Then in August, Ford was back in Louisville announcing a $2 billion investment bringing a new electric vehicle assembly platform to LAP and teased a future EV truck the plant will make.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Klum already teased this year’s elaborate look sharing three photos of what appeared to be a 3D model in the works.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Just over 10 laps later, that gap extended to five seconds when Verstappen locked up, and the lead hovered around six seconds with 10 laps to go.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Whether that proves to be a reset for Taylor or a different sort of false start than the ones that have hovered over him remains to be seen.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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The authors described how, in a hybrid world, newer employees in particular struggle to learn by observation or build relationships—key aspects of professional growth that depended on physical proximity.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Over time, wearers depended less on these cues as their natural control improved.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Numerous ideas have been floated for the corner lot where Hotel Marysville once towered over the downtown of its namesake.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The summer before she was elected, Marin had floated the idea of a thirty-two-hour workweek.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hughes tried to operate the Cash Box music chart without the money and corruption it had become known for.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Jasper and his mother, who had lost her shoes and cellphone in the rush to get out of the church, tried to find Josie.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Bader sailed across home plate, arms raised, to score the winning run in Game 162 on Sunday.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The show is one of several new offerings on Brilliant Lady, which sailed its maiden voyage in early September, and USA TODAY was among the first to see the show.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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But Bob Say, owner of Los Angeles’ Freakbeat Records, for one, isn’t all that bothered.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The clutter bothered Counsell during his first year on the job.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Christian is annoyed by Max’s temporary tyranny and overall seems … normal.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Ridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridden. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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