Example Sentences

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“Once you have hitchhiked across Africa with ten bucks in your pocket, starting a business doesn’t seem too intimidating,” he told Time magazine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

If not a direct zoonotic spillover, the virus could have hitchhiked a ride to Wuhan on a laboratory worker collecting samples in caves.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

The beetles’ initial proximity to the airport suggests they may have hitchhiked on cargo planes, but multiple routes are possible including overland shipments of agricultural products.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2021

Certainly life exists on Mars today — the microbes that have hitchhiked from Earth.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2015

Photograph: John Slater/Getty Images I am one of the 12% of 25- to 32-year-olds who have hitchhiked.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2011