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
As the local lore goes, a taxi driver on Archer Avenue picked up a strange woman who, during the ride, seemed to vanish.—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 The Context This certification of autonomous flying taxis is the final step in a series of permits that were required in order to launch flying taxis, which also require approval for production and airworthiness.—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
The fire occurred while the plane — a Boeing 737-800 — was taxiing to a gate, Denver International Airport said in a statement.—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025 No injuries were reported but the aircraft's passengers had to be transported on a different flight after the plane was taxied back to the airport terminal.—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
And when he’s actually pulled away and thrown into the back of a cab, Kilmer’s exit is as unceremonious as a cable yanked out from an amp, leaving viewers drifting along the film’s woozy currents.
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Beatrice Loayza,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
Alexandra has spent the last day sharing a cab with Hillary’s dead body.
Then there are the cars that accidentally drive onto the transit system’s property by tailing close behind the Teslas that are used to chauffeur passengers underground.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2024
Most of my experience consists of chauffeuring my then- teen-age son and his pals.
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