as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller
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Recent Examples of stride
Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
In it, Meryl Streep as Priestly is seen striding in red heels through the offices of fictional magazine Runway.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Lori Comstock, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Novak was very clearly going to the bench for a change, and Coyle basically escorted him there and then took another stride toward Columbus’ bench.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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Djulde strode up to me and slapped my face — sharp, quick.
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, influenza A typically starts in the fall and hits its full stride by February or March but can last through April.
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Then the same crowd saw four more Panthers legends — Jake Delhomme, Muhsin Muhammad, Steve Smith and Wesley Walls — march through the tunnel and bang the drum again before the fourth period.—
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Other video purportedly showed demonstrators peacefully marching down a street and others honking their car horns on the street.—
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The boy quickly ascends the interior staircase, rushes into the corridor and clears the steps to the garret in three leaps.—
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Last year, Colorado made the leap to the Big 12 Conference.—
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The shop is housed in a former beauty salon, steps from the bakery.—
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Similar to fellow Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze — another keen chess player — the assumption would be that the skills taken from the board game have helped Zubimendi be a step ahead in enticing and then bypassing opposition players.—
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The short program — which caps at two minutes, 40 seconds — leans as much on precision and storytelling as jumps.—
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Minnesota was locked in defensively from the jump and overcame a slow shooting start to run away from the Heat in the second half.—
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This approach simplifies adoption for premium smartphone brands.—
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Aesthetics may also be influencing the approach to the work triangle.—
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But more importantly, the band’s message of ‘music as healing’ and learning their inner stories and struggles gave us a unique window into what felt like a coming of age movie, that transcended music altogether.—
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This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year in our great nation and especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.—
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The mountain doesn’t let any of that powder go to waste, keeping a lax in-bounds policy that allows skiers of any and all levels to find their perfect glades.—
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After hitting the three free throws, TCU threw an inbounds pass out of bounds with one second left.—
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The clean double-breasted buttons instantly add elegance to your airport outfit, especially when paired with a matching Amazon Essentials Turtleneck and sleek black Libin Wide-leg Dress Pants to keep you warm and comfortable from takeoff to arrival.—
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
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“Stride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stride. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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