parade
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The main parade in Belfast is due to set off at 10:40 BST at Donegal Square West.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the airport in El-Alamein, where the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade through the coastal city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Don’t ask a soccer parent how they feel about spending weekends in sterile hotels for an endless parade of meaningless tournaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"He keeps asking if we're still going to the parade," she says with a smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Friends and advisors reminded him that if he accepted, he’d be the only chess player ever to have a ticker-tape parade, and probably there’d never be another chess player receiving the distinction.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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This year, the Twelfth fell on a Sunday, which the Orange Order considers a religious day of rest, so the main parades are being held on Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
July 4 fell during a record-breaking heat wave that upended the parades, block parties and barbecues that traditionally mark Independence Day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
She bought him a cornet and made him take lessons, figuring he’d be put in an army band and play at parades and reviews only and be kept away from the front.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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France paraded its military arsenal from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées to the Place de la Concorde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
On the balcony of his house in Indonesia, Muhammad Yusuf swayed to blaring music and waved a replica of the World Cup trophy as hundreds paraded past, many decked out in Argentina's colours.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
One of the largest cheers came when Odegaard, the first Arsenal captain to lead the club to Premier League glory since Patrick Vieira in 2004, paraded the trophy at the front of the bus.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
“I don’t want to be paraded around and be a sideshow,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
“She is not a horse to be paraded for inspection, ser.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
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
"As far as everybody's concerned, you're a playboy," she told him, accusing him of "parading" his relationships with people including British supermodel Naomi Campbell.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
She saw spectrals parading unattended, side by side like couples out for a stroll, and other such creatures as she recognized and didn’t.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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