Example Sentences

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Hiking rates right as higher oil prices threaten to slow Japan’s economy by restraining corporate activity and private consumption is not without risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Hiking the roughly 2-mile course proved a surprisingly interesting workout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Hiking is popular here, for example along the Camino de Santiago trail or in the area's mountain ranges, as is wine and food related tourism.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Hiking is a favorite pastime of the brothers’ father, Sam Fisher.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Hiking packs leave you with no recognizable center of gravity at the best of times; here we were literally being blown over.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson