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Recent Examples of recumbent
Bill Bucklew Now, Bucklew set to get on his recumbent tricycle and set off on a cross-cycle of the length of Route 66, along with a team of others living with Parkinson's.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Types of bikes insured Markel covers bicycles, tricycles, tandem bikes, recumbent bikes and e-bikes.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
The bespectacled local celebrity seemingly has it together — riding his recumbent bike to and from work each day, drinking healthy green juices, playing board games with his family on the weekends.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The series’ first image is of Clark, a local weatherman, commuting to work on his recumbent bike, as dorky a mode of transportation as has ever been invented.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Types of bikes insured Markel covers bicycles, tricycles, tandem bikes, recumbent bikes and e-bikes.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
The bespectacled local celebrity seemingly has it together — riding his recumbent bike to and from work each day, drinking healthy green juices, playing board games with his family on the weekends.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The series’ first image is of Clark, a local weatherman, commuting to work on his recumbent bike, as dorky a mode of transportation as has ever been invented.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recumbent
Adjective
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The vertical launch horizontal landing spaceplane will be mated to a launch vehicle and will not be encapsulated in the launch vehicle fairings.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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Its vertical and horizontal dual oscillation, coupled with an airflow range of up to 50 feet, efficiently circulates air in any direction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Pawlikowski has never been prone to go long, but at just 82 minutes, Fatherland is as bracing and brief as a polar-bear plunge.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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These cities are building quickly on flood-prone land, financing infrastructure through debt mechanisms that future residents will inherit, and betting that car-dependent sprawl is a durable model for community life.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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For three deflating decades, IKEA’s dream of inflatable furniture fell flat.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Lightweight models, however, can operate from rooftops, small warehouses, or almost any flat surface.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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“Recumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recumbent. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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