hitchhiking

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When a man finally picked us up hitchhiking, my feet felt like stumps, but I still have my toes.

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  • He said he was with this guy picked him up hitchhiking, a guy who was into some kind of credit card scam. —  Hard News
  • Twenty seconds later, its weather-bleached trunk appeared in the snowmobile headlights, hung there for a moment, then slipped away like a hitchhiking ghost. —  Winter Prey
  • But when he was faced with this very attractive girl hitchhiking, it kind of   presented a challenge He didn't look on it as a challenge but as an opportunity; it was sort of an ambiguous situation SM: It seems as if his normal self was responding positively to her TB: Uh huh. —  TEDBUNDY
  • If they were trying to get away on foot and by hitchhiking, she dreaded the weather turning cold. —  Janice Kay Johnson - The Family Next Door
  • They spread from one body of water to another by "hitchhiking" on boats and other equipment. —  YubaNet.com
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