After she told them what had happened, they invited her to hitchhike with them to Florida.

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Ferzat drew al-Assad standing on the side of the road with his thumb in the air, ready to hitchhike out of Syria.

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And while they can quickly overwhelm a small area, the reproductive members of the species don't fly, so to move over large distances, they have to hitchhike -- in your stuff.

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Skiers and snowboarders in search of fresh snow often hitchhike from lower elevations to the rocky summit above tree line.

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