quad bike

British

noun

a vehicle like a motorcycle with four large wheels, designed for agricultural, sporting, and other off-road uses

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Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars, while a local lifeboat quad bike team stepped in to shepherd him into some sand dunes.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

He was seriously injured in a quad bike crash in 2003, and suffered spinal damage in a late night fall in 2019, which ultimately led to him having to cancel his two-and-a-half-year farewell tour.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

PC Harper, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, was killed while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in 2019.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy who was killed in a quad bike accident.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

The organised search will eventually be scaled back but, sitting at the controls of the giant quad bike, volunteer Ewen Lawrie says this community will always keep looking one way or another.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

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