parade
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Now, a parade of mining companies hoping to ride the boom are trying to grab attention by wrapping themselves in red, white and blue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The last time Caldentey, 30, was spotted in an Arsenal shirt was in May, standing on an open-top bus as part of the men's and women's victory parade around north London.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The parade was canceled, and authorities said they were searching for one or more suspects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
And like that would be a fitting precursor for another championship parade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
When Jordie, Pouncey, and I spread lard across the Fourth of July parade route, we were just trying to wipe out the marching band.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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“We’re not asking for the moon,” said Courtney Griffith, a 28-year-old who performs at Disney parades and shows, including “Fantasmic!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
While many communities decided to light their bonfires on Saturday, some will light theirs on Sunday - on the eve of the parades.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence should be more than fireworks, parades and patriotic songs.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Poultney, Bhakta has become known for hosting barbecues and driving his vintage cars in Fourth of July parades while pushing an ambitious plan for redevelopment that never panned out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The men fell out for the parades early each Sunday afternoon and groped their way into ranks of twelve outside the barracks.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Dozens of people also paraded through the village on "salengs" -- scooters with sidecars used locally to transport coconuts -- brandishing placards featuring images of healthy, smiling livers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Mallard ducks and Canada geese have long made the reflecting pool home and paraded their young’uns through it in the spring and summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I don’t want to be paraded around and be a sideshow,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
He was paraded through Heathrow Airport with his wrists in shackles, and escorted onto a plane by two FBI agents.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
It was as if rainbows had come to earth, draped themselves on these folk, and paraded along the road.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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The dancers, costumed in their Saturday evening black-and-white vintage best, added to the parading splendor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Carmichael said he never claimed the gold was his and argued that the government "parading around gold bars is a flaw".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Viral videos of Knicks fans parading in front of Madison Square Garden started trending during each playoff game.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
At home in Roxbury, they would see me parading with Sophia, dressed in my wild zoot suits.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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