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as in teasing
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
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as in kidding
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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as in hovering
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 riding Talent agency Diving Bell has signed Harvey King, the motorcycle-riding content creator. —
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026 The reclined riding position spreads body weight evenly, eliminating the back, neck, and wrist strain that plagues conventional cycling. —Omar Kardoudi april 20, New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026 The Rapids were riding a two-game winning streak and coming off a 6-2 rout of the Houston Dynamo. —Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 According to The Athletic, the new special event pricing will impact everyone riding the rails, even though NJ Transit typically otherwise offers discounts to seniors, children and people with disabilities year-round. —Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riding
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026 The reclined riding position spreads body weight evenly, eliminating the back, neck, and wrist strain that plagues conventional cycling. —Omar Kardoudi april 20, New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026 The Rapids were riding a two-game winning streak and coming off a 6-2 rout of the Houston Dynamo. —Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 According to The Athletic, the new special event pricing will impact everyone riding the rails, even though NJ Transit typically otherwise offers discounts to seniors, children and people with disabilities year-round. —Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riding
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Since then, Earle has been teasing her response to Cooper online.— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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Downey said, teasing the crowd that gave him a standing ovation during his entrance.— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
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Just kidding, but that would’ve been awesome.— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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The interviewer said that Phillips, 65, was not kidding.— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Large black and yellow bees keep hovering around my wooden pergola.— Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
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The average price of gas is hovering at near $4 a gallon for regular.— Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
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This setup allows the aircraft to carry up to 12 cruise missiles or around 50 medium-sized drones, depending on the mission.— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
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However, fans will have a chance to be selected for standing room seating, depending on availability, as the draft goes on, the league added.— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Then, guards who worked for the contractor Critical Response Strategies began taunting detainees, threatening to enter the cage where immigrants were held.— Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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The hawks are practically taunting the populists for their lack of influence.— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Liam keeps joking about it on Twitter.— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
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This is a serious fridge for people who aren’t joking about their wine collections.— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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Over the course of eight and a half hours, a Northern California nurse hopped between bars during a Friday evening while sailing on a Carnival Cruise vacation.— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Once tankers, carrying about 20% of the world's oil supply, start sailing through the strait again, jet fuel prices will return to normal — but not immediately.— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh.— Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
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Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes.— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
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