footsteps
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Instead, he went to truck driving school and later went into gang intervention work, following in the footsteps of other men and women who lived through the extreme violence of the 1980s and 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Newsom has built his iconography around an image of a young man following in his father’s footsteps while also being raised by a long-suffering single mother and overcoming his dyslexia.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Some young protesters now see themselves as walking in the footsteps of the 2018 yellow-vest movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
His son Marshall has followed in his father’s football footsteps and attends Baylor School in Chattanooga, where he plays quarterback.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
After a few minutes, the admiral’s footsteps could no longer be heard.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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