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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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
The war’s impact on gas has not been lost on Koushan Hashia, 60, a taxi driver for over 30 years who is especially sensitive to price shocks.—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026 Her boyfriend, Joseph, is a taxi driver.—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
At about the same time, the pilot of the Bombardier had taxied over to the deicing pad and was radioing in a request to get his plane's wings and tail treated, according to audio posted by www.LiveATC.net.—Patrick Whittle, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026 Upon arrival, the plane taxied to the gate, and passengers exited as normal.—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Hard-driving former Daily News co-publisher Fred Drasner, whose storied life included everything from driving a cab in New York City to hunting alligators in Florida, died on Saturday.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
The cab’s dark interior seems to lure Rauschenberg in, but perhaps he was also drawn to the small round window, like a porthole, above the seat, which looks out at the distance behind the carriage.
The males are then chauffeured to Garden Grove, where they’re zapped with X-rays.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2026
One of the most shocking moments in Season 2 involved a group of guys who helped chauffeur the girls to their go-sees in Milan being invited over to the contestants’ house for drinks.
Andy Peralta, 32, was riding his 2025 Zhilong scooter north on Jerome Ave.
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Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
On March 22, police said 15-year-old Violet Harris was hit and killed by a Ford Fusion while riding an e-scooter in the 2800 block of East 77th Street.