as in bicycles
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends
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as in hordes
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe
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Recent Examples of bikes
Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Four people died atop e-bikes, holding steady from last year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
State and local codes are outdated and don’t match the kinds of bikes and other equipment people are using today, Jungo said.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
In Connecticut, an October law requires all e-bike riders to wear a helmet, and bikes without pedals equipped with batteries over 750 watts will require a driver’s license.
—Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Do bikes have to wait at red lights in Milwaukee?
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Until that happens, the ghost bikes will remain — stark, silent reminders of lives cut short and a call for safer streets.
—Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Four people died atop e-bikes, holding steady from last year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
State and local codes are outdated and don’t match the kinds of bikes and other equipment people are using today, Jungo said.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
In Connecticut, an October law requires all e-bike riders to wear a helmet, and bikes without pedals equipped with batteries over 750 watts will require a driver’s license.
—Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Do bikes have to wait at red lights in Milwaukee?
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Bikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bikes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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