an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
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Noun
Zoox’s interior is a little more stylish than the passenger compartment of a London taxi, though, with cup holders and wireless charging pads on both benches.—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026 To that end, guests arriving by taxi (or with their own cars) are met at the hotel’s parking lot by a staffer with a tiny manual car who will then zoom through the medieval city gates to deposit you at the hotel’s front door.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
At the same time, multiple flights were inbound for landing, and Frontier Flight 4195 was taxiing in close proximity to the emergency equipment, which needed to cross runway 4 to reach the United Airlines aircraft.—Colleen Mondor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 All the lakes big enough to land on were combed by small planes that taxied around the shore as their pilots looked for tracks, a dead fire, any sign of us.—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Here, 54 sumptuous suites and villas sit amid tropical gardens and serpentine moats, but the extensive grounds have a downside: The sprawling property is perhaps more easily explored on wheels, and hotel staff will happily chauffeur you in the resort's golf carts.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
The males are then chauffeured to Garden Grove, where they’re zapped with X-rays.
New details of attack On the day of the attack, Desmond rode the bus to school and attended his morning classes without incident, the reports show.
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Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
Emisael Jaramillo originally was named to ride Robusta in the Kentucky Derby, but the Daily Racing Form reported the jockey will keep his commitments Saturday at Santa Anita and Cristian Torres will be aboard Robusta.