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Recent Examples of hitchhike
This week, the pop star has been taking to the streets to tease a new project, first with a clip of herself trying to hitchhike followed by a series of mysterious billboards.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 June 2025
Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.
—Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
The towers could allow some of their members to reach new places or to hitchhike on other organisms such as fruit flies.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
There are plenty of smaller-scale grin-inducing moments, too, like bouncing high off a hitchhiking shyguy or seeing a traffic cone sprout legs and walk off (there was a tiny biddybud inside it, don'tcha know).
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 June 2025
Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.
—Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
The towers could allow some of their members to reach new places or to hitchhike on other organisms such as fruit flies.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
There are plenty of smaller-scale grin-inducing moments, too, like bouncing high off a hitchhiking shyguy or seeing a traffic cone sprout legs and walk off (there was a tiny biddybud inside it, don'tcha know).
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitchhike
Verb
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Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high-risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 July 2025
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The invasive fire ants first hitched a boat ride to Alabama in 1918.—
Gareth McGrath,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Paired with the gray-ish green color palette, sparse decor, and dark atmospherics in the Institute itself, the bleak vibes may be enough to turn some viewers off for good, especially those horror purists who tune in hoping to be terrified rather than just bummed out.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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In a lot of ways obviously, devastated and bummed out.—
Mike Fitzpatrick,
Baltimore Sun,
5 July 2025
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“Hitchhike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhike. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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