an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
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Noun
The main character is a 75-year-old unregistered taxi driver from Vietnam who scrapes together a living in the shadows, giving strangers rides in his battered beige Camry.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025 However, immigrant workers outnumber U.S.-born workers in some jobs, such as manicurists, taxi drivers and drywall installers, according to Pew.—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
Last Wednesday, a different United flight was clipped by another jet while taxiing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the FAA said at the time.—Tara Suter, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025 The plane was boarded after a delay on Friday but never left, discharging passengers back to the gate after taxiing around for six hours.—Jeff Amy and Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
After perusing the vast assortment of premium shopping—from Burberry to Beams—surrounding the train station, hop in a cab to reach Shishi-Iwa House, your home for the night.
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Brandon Presser,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
The cab driver suffered minor back and neck injuries in the crash and claimed Zangrilli was drunk but the responding officer sent the inspector on his way, telling the cabbie to file an accident report at an NYPD precinct.
But Mikey Madison could ride Anora’s recent surge in the race to a victory in that category.
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Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
2 Mar. 2025
The pair re-teamed at the Academy Awards the following year for the broadcast’s introductory sketch, which featured Palance dragging a giant Oscar statue onstage, with Crystal (again the host) riding it.
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