an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
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Noun
Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses.—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 About three hours from the city by bus or Uber to Angra dos Reis, followed by a 30-minute water-taxi ride, this car-free island offers pristine, secluded beaches like Lopes Mendes as well as rainforest hikes.—Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
The plane was able to taxi and park without further incident.—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025 Due to her intoxicated state, she was escorted off of the Southwest Airlines flight before the plane taxied, Dallas police wrote in the warrant.—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
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Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Loomer managed to share a cab with Erica Garner, one of Eric’s daughters, and secretly recorded her talking about Al Sharpton, who was organizing demonstrations on behalf of the family.
In a recent video posted by the Piano Man on Instagram, Joel pulls up next to a man riding a bicycle, chauffeuring two women sitting in an attached passenger car while blasting the rocker’s iconic 1976 classic.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
24 July 2025
Neither graduated from formal schools; her grandfather chauffeured white families.
The car rides after my tennis matches were the same way.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Then riders will turn left on the path at Club 1836 on Cantrell Road before riding the rest of the way behind Club 1836 and the Dillard's data center, which is part of the retailer's headquarters.
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