rides 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of ride
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as in hovers
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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as in depends
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

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rides

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noun

plural of ride
as in transportations
a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another an organization that provides rides for senior citizens

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Verb
  • The rest of the trailer teases more mayhem, Nadja and Laszlo fighting, and Colin Robinson accidentally sleep-hypnotizing Nandor as Richard Nixon.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Ahead, Whitfield teases RHONY Season 15, talks about the power of manifestation, and ruminates on dating in the Big Apple.
    Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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  • Yet, customer satisfaction depends upon reliable and timely deliveries.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There isn’t a blueprint for change management, and in many cases, the range of possibilities depends on a company’s organizational set-up and resources.
    Riccarda Joas, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • In a geological process known as isostatic rebound, the erosion reduced the weight of the region, allowing the rise of land masses on the Earth’s crust, its outermost layer that floats atop a mantle layer made of hot, semiliquid rock.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The mountain range floats like a raft atop the denser liquid rock of the Earth’s interior, called the mantle or the asthenosphere.
    Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Rides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rides. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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