1
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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2
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
Those interested in riding along Good Day Cafe’s journey can follow @gooddaycafekc on Instagram.
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Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
The man who was captured in a viral video attacking a 14-year-old boy riding his bike in a neighborhood last year will avoid additional jail time.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Complete with a horse-riding center, mango trees (help yourself), and a smattering of restaurants, the impressive urban park can easily keep you busy all day.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Zavala had a pre-existing spinal condition and was on medication upon riding the coaster.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
The man who was captured in a viral video attacking a 14-year-old boy riding his bike in a neighborhood last year will avoid additional jail time.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Complete with a horse-riding center, mango trees (help yourself), and a smattering of restaurants, the impressive urban park can easily keep you busy all day.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Zavala had a pre-existing spinal condition and was on medication upon riding the coaster.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riding
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Viewers see painful flashbacks throughout the show of classmates teasing Kelly about being overweight and daring her to drink urine.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Literally toxic lesbians — kidding.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Just kidding - but honestly not sold on him being the best player on a championship caliber team.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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The vessel is capable of station keeping and hovering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Half of Jewish Americans ages 18-34 believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza; that percentage number is hovering in the 30s among older groups, according to a September 2025 poll by the Washington Post.—
Joseph Strauss,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Friday starts out warm and dry, possibly some early sunshine, and a chance to hit 60, depending on when showers arrive.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Who else can pull off sequins and spandex or a Dodgers jersey with a bandana, depending on the day?—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Pittsburgh appeared to go three-and-out on its second drive, but Cleveland's Rayshawn Jenkins was called for taunting.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2025
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While negligible to his overall earnings, the penalty fits the league’s recent crackdown on celebrations and taunting, as several players were fined earlier this season for similar actions.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Nov. 2025
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Turn around and make a lighthearted comment to the person behind you, maybe joking about the wait time, Simon-Thomas suggests.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone exchanged texts on the morning the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced this week, joking about the outcome after Stone landed a nod and Lawrence did not.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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After her inaugural season sailing the Caribbean this winter, the Star Princess will make the voyage through the Panama Canal to kick off a series of Alaska cruises in the summer of 2026.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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The sessions will continue in the Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, a private island sanctuary in the Bahamas, where guests will learn about coral restoration and marine protection, before sailing the turquoise waters with Horn to see the importance of protecting the delicate underwater ecosystems.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ricky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, making Hollywood sweat with his take-no-prisoners approach to jokes mocking showbiz.—
William Earl,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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Now Sweeney, 75, is breaking his silence on a decades-long feud with Chevy Chase after Chase proposed Sweeney appear in an SNL sketch mocking the AIDS epidemic.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Riding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riding. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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