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Prosecutors said Grissom, an Arkansas long-haul truck driver who had a lengthy criminal record, picked up Johns, who was hitchhiking, on his way to Oklahoma City to apply for a job.
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arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There were always people hitchhiking on I-80, hoping for a ride across the bridge.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
The Charlotte Observer last reported on Cornett’s disappearance in 1992, when police searched a South Carolina well after a tip from a teenager who once hitchhiked with Bell in 1984.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
What was a thin, simple premise in King’s novella — widely considered the world’s first e-book, by the way, in 2000 — is extended to little effect in this drama about a man who tries to kill himself, then hitchhikes across the country to visit his dying mother.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There were always people hitchhiking on I-80, hoping for a ride across the bridge.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
The Charlotte Observer last reported on Cornett’s disappearance in 1992, when police searched a South Carolina well after a tip from a teenager who once hitchhiked with Bell in 1984.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
What was a thin, simple premise in King’s novella — widely considered the world’s first e-book, by the way, in 2000 — is extended to little effect in this drama about a man who tries to kill himself, then hitchhikes across the country to visit his dying mother.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Hitchhike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhike. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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