Example Sentences

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Dominion has been riding the gravy train for years, but its shareholders haven’t gotten any gravy.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Patrick Diaz has been riding the city’s sprawling public transportation system since 2003; he’s now the communications manager for Metro’s customer experience department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Micron, too, has been riding the AI-driven highs among memory stocks, falling about 4% this week but rising 38% so far this year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

Palantir, which sells software to centralize, manage and analyze large amounts of data, has been riding the broader AI buzz to ever-higher earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

He has been riding a good deal, and smoking a good deal.'

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George