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as in to tease
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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as in to hover
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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as in transportation
a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another
an organization that provides rides for senior citizens
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as in to survive
to come safely through
just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis
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variants
or chiefly dialectal rid
or rode
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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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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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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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variants
or chiefly dialectal rid
1
as in tried
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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as in joked
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 floated
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 ride
Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Nine months removed from losing his starting job and being released by the New York Giants, Daniel Jones was riding rarified air in his debut for the Indianapolis Colts.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Rocket Lab sees Neutron as a contender to help ease the bottleneck in demand from both commercial and military customers for a ride to space.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Despite the inherent pressure of fashioning a collection that will receive intense scrutiny, Jacobs seems far less angst-ridden than Isaac Mizrahi in Unzipped, who nearly came to pieces on screen during the making of his fall 1994 collection.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Hinsdale Central rode the strong legs and arm of senior quarterback Riley Contreras to a 56-7 rout.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Flavien Prat flies in to ride Brant, who was purchased for $3 million in March by Amr Zedan.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Nine months removed from losing his starting job and being released by the New York Giants, Daniel Jones was riding rarified air in his debut for the Indianapolis Colts.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
The neighborhood's also conveniently located near Chicago’s west side via the CTA Blue Line (or a quick car ride), which is home to many of the neighborhoods like Logan Square and Wicker Park with the city’s greatest places to eat.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Rocket Lab sees Neutron as a contender to help ease the bottleneck in demand from both commercial and military customers for a ride to space.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
The company also took the covers off the prototype – an actual working model that was ridden on stage at Ola’s annual event, Sankalp 2025, in India.
—New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Despite the inherent pressure of fashioning a collection that will receive intense scrutiny, Jacobs seems far less angst-ridden than Isaac Mizrahi in Unzipped, who nearly came to pieces on screen during the making of his fall 1994 collection.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Xi rode in an open-top black limousine to inspect troops and weapons lined up along the Avenue of Eternal Peace.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Hinsdale Central rode the strong legs and arm of senior quarterback Riley Contreras to a 56-7 rout.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ride
transportation
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The measure will appear on voters’ ballots this year and could overhaul the region’s transportation system.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Guests arrived to the ceremony via ferry — a weirdly poetic parallel to the guest transportation for Connor's Succession season 4 wedding ceremony.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Ride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ride. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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