variants
or chiefly dialectal rid
or rode
1
as in teased
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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2
as in kidded
to make fun of in a good-natured way
his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday
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3
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a condor riding high in the sky
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Recent Examples of ridden
The first lady rode the carriage with Queen Camilla while the president rode with King Charles III.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
And the Rockies rode that momentum all the way to the World Series before losing to the Boston Red Sox.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Hydrogen could be a lower-carbon alternative to natural gas, and has ridden a wave of hype over the past few years.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Our family rode all the classic rides at Magic Kingdom, journeyed to France at EPCOT via Skyliner for a decadent breakfast, spotted hippos and lions on an open-air safari tour at Animal Kingdom, and roasted s’mores over a toasty campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
And the Rockies rode that momentum all the way to the World Series before losing to the Boston Red Sox.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Hydrogen could be a lower-carbon alternative to natural gas, and has ridden a wave of hype over the past few years.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Our family rode all the classic rides at Magic Kingdom, journeyed to France at EPCOT via Skyliner for a decadent breakfast, spotted hippos and lions on an open-air safari tour at Animal Kingdom, and roasted s’mores over a toasty campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
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The new album, as Madonna has previously teased, is expected to be a follow-up to her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dancefloor.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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In December 2024, Rudd and Black first teased the movie, which is a reimagining of Jennifer Lopez’s 1997 killer snake horror flick Anaconda, in a sweet video from set.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bonds, which have hovered for a week after a ripping rally , and could struggle if attention returns to stickier inflation?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Following the exercise’s finale, two drones carrying Russian and Belarusian flags hovered in front of spectators.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Even Seldon flickered between digital and physical selves, his split consciousness pushing conflicting agendas that unsettled the followers who depended on him.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jones was depended on to close the season for the Jacksonville Jaguars last year when starter Trevor Lawrence was sidelined due to injury.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The White House has floated a goal of 3,000 daily ICE arrests, raising concerns among advocates who say such quotas encourage indiscriminate enforcement practices and undermine due process protections.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy floated a full-on ban against pharmaceutical ads during last year’s election cycle.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Reportedly Has Big Plans For Wrestlepalooza In the weeks leading up to Wrestlepalooza, Asuka tried convincing Sky to let her assist in her quest to regain championship gold.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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In the bottom of the third, Kershaw tried to sneak a middle-middle fastball by Bumgarner, who already had six career home runs entering that at-bat.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Silvetti was shown his first MLS yellow card two minutes later and shortly thereafter launched his first shot, a powerful right-footer from outside the box that sailed wide right.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the former Jacksonville tight end has sailed closer to Jared Leto — a performance that’s hard to watch.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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No one has bothered to figure out the degree to which that alters the scaling laws of AI models until now.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The two were hardly bothered, though.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
15 Sep. 2025
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Margot’s father still annoyed them from time to time.—
Josh Davis,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Ridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridden. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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