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as in teasing
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 kidding
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 hovering
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 riding
And to be sure, there’s a lot riding on her ability to keep laughs coming and eyeballs trained on an awards show that’s battle-bruised to put it mildly.
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Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
There's a lot riding on it economically.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
From her mother’s passion for riding horses to her father’s love of classic films, here’s everything to know about Mikey Madison’s parents.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
There's a lot riding on it economically.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
From her mother’s passion for riding horses to her father’s love of classic films, here’s everything to know about Mikey Madison’s parents.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riding
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Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
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Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk are teasing the third and final season of the Netflix series.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2025
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The chance for precipitation is hovering around 60% as of Saturday morning and rainfall amounts are expected to reach between a tenth and quarter of an inch, the forecast shows.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
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To the north, Canada also slipped down the ladder but remains well ahead of the US, coming in at 18 after hovering around 15 for the last few years.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
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The dollar amounts vary each year, depending on how much revenue the cap and trade programs generate.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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Operations will pause during the summer, while a mid-June review will evaluate progress and consider additional collision types depending on funding.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2025
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For myself and many of my classmates, the four-story Forever 21 in Times Square was the most exciting part of our senior-class trip to New York City—not joking!—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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And, everyone was joking about it behind his back.—
Todd Nordstrom,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Bannon talked over and through Newsom’s questions, goading the governor at certain points, gently mocking him at others.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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In the essay, the 37-year-old recalled how Trachtenberg was often bullied by their peers, with kids mocking her for her role in Harriet the Spy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Don’t really care about awards, but sense some irony or hypocrisy floating around.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Within the past few days, San Francisco Bay has also seen an increase in sightings of dead gray whales, beginning with a female gray whale that was first reported floating near Alcatraz Island on March 29.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Whetstone sharpening involves soaking a low-to-high grit stone in water and gliding a dull blade up and down it at an angle, removing steel to create a sharp edge.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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With Neptune gliding through your third house of communication, learning and mental processes, everything from your thoughts to the dynamics of your inner circles will undergo a subtle but powerful transformation.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Riding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riding. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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