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joyridden

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past participle of joyride

as in automobiled

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Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated.

— Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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Chinese advances in dam-building technology in recent years and a race to electrify with clean energy and cut off coal –– as well as a simmering, high-altitude China-India border feud –– have driven change in the region.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Her parents, Monique and Anthony David, had driven an hour and a half to get to Flushing Meadows.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Con, where the company is to demonstrate how its offerings are protecting businesses from agents going rogue, like the situation where an OpenAI model hacked into a company looking for answers on how to solve a problem in the test environment.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Barrichello competed as an F1 driver for 19 seasons and has also raced as an IndyCar and stock car driver.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Drivers who raced in Sunday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix praised everything from the challenging street course to the one-of-a-kind setting surrounding it.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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The winter chill that dragged digital assets down during most of the hot summer months is finally beginning to lift, with the price of Bitcoin surging about 20 percent last week, its strongest three-day rally since 2023.

— Peter Mintzberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
In 2024, Burke’s squad dragged itself off the mat after an awful (yet at the time, typical) start to the season to go unbeaten in 12 of 13 matches down the stretch and narrowly miss the playoffs.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026

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