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Noun
The men and women of Road Warriors for the Missing weren’t getting ready for a joyride. Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2024 The joyride continues for Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 which has entered the list of Top 10 highest-grossing movies ever worldwide. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024 The company has plans to bring the aircraft to the Bay Area so people can go for joyrides or short trips around the region. Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024 When a 10-week joyride with a girlfriend, funded with credit cards stolen from his dad, landed him in juvenile court, the judge ordered him to join the military. thehustle.co, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for joyride 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
  • As Jupiter retrograde in Gemini begins on October 9, this transit will help you to revisit past emotional experiences and embrace whole-heart healing.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
  • New York has one of the best transit systems in the world, including trains, buses, ferries, and even a tram.
    Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Then, Craig allegedly purchased a chainsaw on Amazon and cut up her mother’s body in the basement, Hardy testified.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • What does everyone else need to be watching / reading / playing / baking / cutting up with scissors this week?
    David Pierce, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The result is not just the successful transport of water up an 80-foot-tall tree trunk.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The measure will come into effect on Monday, David Belliard, the Green deputy mayor in charge of transport, told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
    Carlton Reid, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Members of the troupe will be performing feats of juggling and foot-juggling, rola bola stunts, clowning and more.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Maybe the Wu-Tang Clan will feel inspired to clown him in another song?
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Although Kadyrov has denied sending Chechen troops to Ukraine, there have been numerous sightings of heavily armed Chechen battalions motoring through the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
    Nicholas Waller, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2015
Noun
  • And then, there was little to no change in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; financial activities; leisure and hospitality; and other services.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • How to Get Around Rental Cars and Taxis Taxis are the most common mode of transportation for visitors to St. Lucia.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In kiting, athletes race on boards that fly above the water.
    NBC News, NBC News, 23 July 2024
  • People fly kites during the celebrations to mark India's Independence Day in New Delhi on August 15, 2023.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 July 2024
Verb
  • The tablet works well when switching from app to app and tooling around in Amazon Kids+.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The two walked around the resort town Sintra for hours, tooling around pastel castles that served as summer homes to Portuguese princes of the 1800s.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024

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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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