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Recent Examples of taxi
Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024
According to some accounts, Israeli soccer fans damaged a taxi cab, but several police officers told the De Telegraaf daily that the circumstances surrounding these reports were unclear.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Delta Air Lines Flight 295, an Airbus A350, was taxiing for departure to Tokyo, Japan, shortly after 10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said, when its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Noun
San Francisco has provided a backdrop for: (A) the dawn of the ubiquitous self-driving taxi; and (B) at least one of the most iconic car chase scenes in movie history.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024
According to some accounts, Israeli soccer fans damaged a taxi cab, but several police officers told the De Telegraaf daily that the circumstances surrounding these reports were unclear.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
Moments after a plane taxied across the area, a fountain of asphalt and dust spewed into the air.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Delta Air Lines Flight 295, an Airbus A350, was taxiing for departure to Tokyo, Japan, shortly after 10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said, when its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxi
Noun
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Now, in a somewhat disorienting narrative reversal, Tarlow has come to Manhattan, just as twenty-five years ago those breathless Manhattanites spilled out of their yellow cabs into the wilds of Williamsburg.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The second movie about the zany adventures of Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) finds its eccentric cab driver in a fresh holiday predicament: Santa Claus is in his back seat, mired in an existential crisis, having lost his joy for the season.Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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And when boarding is set to commence, guests are chauffeured in a BMW directly to the aircraft door.Chris Dong, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Arriving via the Austrian village of Lech, we were quickly chauffeured to our secluded mountain retreat.Stacey Wreathall, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Escape a sun that’s going supernova, challenge a monkey to a dance battle, try out some cool hoverboard tricks, fight an evil kitty and ride everything from gravity bikes to a sandshark.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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Sony’s plan to build an entire franchise out of standalone films about Peter Parker’s nemeses always read as a transparent attempt at riding Marvel Studios’ coattails post-Spider-Man: Homecoming.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxi. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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