freedom ride
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of freedom ride
An Americanism dating back to 1960–65
Example Sentences
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It turned out the snake had given up its freedom ride and crawled back to its terrarium.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
In May 1962, she learned that dozens of Black Southerners had taken a reverse freedom ride bus from Arkansas to Hyannis, Mass., where she lived.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
"Today is Leah's last freedom ride," her son Edgar said.
From Fox News ● Jun. 10, 2019
In the summer of 1961, 13 civil rights protestors went on the first freedom ride.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Defying fierce winds, thousands of refugees take the freedom ride to Florida At first Washington talked of deporting the newcomers and ordered fines levied against the boats' skippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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