1
as in stepped
to go on foot
I walked slowly to school
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as in struck
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands
workers threatened to walk unless management agreed to shoulder more of the cost of health insurance
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Recent Examples of walked
Police said a 30-year-old Meridian man exited the vehicle and walked away from the location, while the driver stayed and cooperated with officers.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
Like McKnight, most tenants came to the court alone and walked the city’s streets alone.
—Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
Reports about the party indicate that at one point, bottle girls, including one riding a motorcycle with sparklers, walked around the party, and Sánchez leapt from her seat to celebrate.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Various Christmas trees were seen on either side of King, who wore a red dress and walked under a chandelier.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The administration later walked that rate back to 20 percent in August.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
For someone who loves buildings and has walked by this place at least 200 times in the last year, this is a day to celebrate.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
But then Steve Smith walked in.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said Raleigh walked outside his home after hearing Chastain throwing rocks at his garage.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked
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Diaz has stepped away from entertainment projects and public events in Hollywood in recent years.—
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Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.—
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The earthquake struck at a depth of just 2 miles, with its epicenter approximately 6 miles northwest of Blue Diamond.—
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One Alvarado police officer was struck in the neck during the attack.—
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The scene around them was picturesque — horses strolled in the distance, the sky bore a bright blue.—
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Paige Bueckers strolled into Unrivaled carrying the kind of aura that usually bends the room before a player ever steps on the floor.—
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
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That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.—
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Some who marched carried signs of Good as well as others who have been killed by ICE agents or died while in ICE custody.—
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Several people with megaphones spoke from the bed of a pickup truck as the group marched down East Lake Avenue.—
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Ponds read Moore’s eyes the whole way and when Moore threw the ball to the left side, Ponds jumped the route and sauntered 25 yards into the end zone.—
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Alex Consani sauntered down the runway in a pair of ruffled red lace trousers, her bottom pushed over the top of the leather waistband like a pair of breasts in a pushup bra.—
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“Walked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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