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Noun
But when Agatha All Along leans into its weirdness and trusts you to piece things together, the series becomes much more of a spooky joyride that feels reflective of Schaeffer once again trying to bring a genuinely unique energy to the MCU. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for joyride 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
Noun
  • These are bright yellow, secured, bins located at transit centers, parks, community centers, churches and more.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For more information about free rides, visit the local transit agencies: Election Day 2024 Live Updates:Hoosiers head to the polls to vote for president, governor Get one free Hertz car rental day Hertz users get one free with a minimum two-day rental at neighborhood locations.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • He was based at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing as a cyber transport systems journeyman.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Governments should support and incentivize organisations to implement Sustainable Development Goals into their operations, and policies around public transport and waste management can also help businesses lower their environmental footprint.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 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
  • Proficient Auto Logistics operates one of the largest auto transportation fleets in North America, with approximately 1,050 transport vehicles and trailers.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Even sympathetic state transportation officials may not fix dysfunctional urban roadways due to limited resources and competing needs that include expensive upgrades to bridges and interstates.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 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
  • Moreover, the lack of interconnection generates severe friction in workflows; tasks that should take a few seconds can take several minutes or even hours as teams jump from tool to tool to execute a simple task.
    Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The first two episodes of Monsters paint a portrait of the brothers that matches the first impressions most people got of them from the media: They are entitled, rich, preppy, swole dudes tooling around Los Angeles in limousines.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024

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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyride. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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