footsteps

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In doing so, it would create a powerful incentive for others to follow in their footsteps and potentially reap a lucrative payday.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Benn, 29, has never competed for a world title and is looking to follow in the footsteps of his father Nigel, who was a two-weight world champion.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Pratt is following in the footsteps of those before him who’ve leveraged their reality TV fame into political careers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Her two Gen Z children—Laird Emilie Dunn, 28, mid-Atlantic sales manager, and Gerard Laird-Dunn, 30, executive vice president—are following in her footsteps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

And the only sound I could hear was his retreating footsteps in the darkness.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan