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  • verb Present participle of joyride.

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Examples

  • In August 1987 he was picked up for car theft in what the follow-up reports classified as a joyriding incident.

    The Closers Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2005

  • We learn who the killer (s) is right off the bat -- a teenage boy with no regard for the homeless man he beat to death while "joyriding" his wealthy dad's surrogate.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • We learn who the killer (s) is right off the bat -- a teenage boy with no regard for the homeless man he beat to death while "joyriding" his wealthy dad's surrogate.

    Getting Graphic: "The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone" by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele 2010

  • OK, Mrs Obama isn't an elected public official and President Zardari was on official business during his visits to Britain and France, not "joyriding" at his French chateau or hanging out in five-star British hotels.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • OK, Mrs Obama isn't an elected public official and President Zardari was on official business during his visits to Britain and France, not "joyriding" at his French chateau or hanging out in five-star British hotels.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Harris Corbin had been in Collinsville Thursday night "joyriding" in the bus for several hours.

    The Times-Journal: News 2008

  • Harris Corbin had been in Collinsville Thursday night "joyriding" in the bus for several hours.

    The Times-Journal: News 2008

  • Harris Corbin had been in Collinsville Thursday night "joyriding" in the bus for several hours.

    The Times-Journal: News 2008

  • Harris Corbin had been in Collinsville Thursday night "joyriding" in the bus for several hours.

    The Times-Journal: News 2008

  • Harris Corbin had been in Collinsville Thursday night "joyriding" in the bus for several hours.

    The Times-Journal: News 2008

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