as in bike
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle
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The proliferation of e-bike technology has birthed a dizzying array of cargo bicycles, and every year a new design or two enters the category.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Head- and tail lights definitely help make bicycles visible from the front and back, but what about from the sides?
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2024
When the bicycle is being used in ebike form, all of the parts are left in place to work together.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
Melancholy piano music plays over images of an upturned bicycle and a set of empty playground swings.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Head- and tail lights definitely help make bicycles visible from the front and back, but what about from the sides?
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2024
When the bicycle is being used in ebike form, all of the parts are left in place to work together.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
Melancholy piano music plays over images of an upturned bicycle and a set of empty playground swings.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Bicycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bicycle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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