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or chiefly dialectal rid
or rode
1
as in teased
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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2
as in kidded
to make fun of in a good-natured way
his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday
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as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a condor riding high in the sky
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After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Retracing the gunman's steps using surveillance video, investigators say the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle and emerged from the park without his backpack.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The Texas Rangers rode World Series MVP Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Nathan Eovaldi to a title in 2023.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
An engineer by training, Su spearheaded a bottom-up redesign of AMD’s products, repaired relationships with customers, and rode the AI boom to new heights.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Retracing the gunman's steps using surveillance video, investigators say the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle and emerged from the park without his backpack.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The Texas Rangers rode World Series MVP Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Nathan Eovaldi to a title in 2023.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
An engineer by training, Su spearheaded a bottom-up redesign of AMD’s products, repaired relationships with customers, and rode the AI boom to new heights.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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While Beyoncé has remained tight-lipped about what to expect from the show, Netflix has teased that some collaborators on the album will join the Grammy winner on stage.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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So much so that Emerson teased her about it.Stacy Lambe, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.Brian Evans,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Gomez trained like his next meal depended on it.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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That’s bound to have an impact on the development of young drivers, who have traditionally depended on short tracks to learn their craft the same way baseball players rely on the minor leagues.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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The country also hopes about 10 percent of the digital nomads who flock to the country will remain there, the Taipei Times reported last year when the idea was first floated.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
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As anybody who has tried to use a chatbot to answer a customer service query knows, AI is still some way off being as effective as a good call centre person.Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the past, Medina said, the two tried their hand at creating a viral moment with a fake Instagram video of Jones getting a suggestive face tattoo.Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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Big, sometimes uncontrollable emotions are a normal part of growing up, and gentle parents at least try to not dismiss their or get annoyed with their kids when those challenging moments come up.Alex Vance, Parents, 27 Dec. 2024
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Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Ridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridden. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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