parade
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As Tuesday’s parade ended, the leaders posed for a group photo on the Place de la Concorde, with Macron, his wife Brigitte and Zelensky in the center, the Arc de Triomphe in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
"He keeps asking if we're still going to the parade," she says with a smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The sweltering temperatures have disrupted travel and led to a number of cancellations planned for celebrations over the Fourth of July weekend, including Philadelphia’s Salute to Independence parade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Even in 1943, when they received skirts as parade dress uniform, they weren’t issued with stockings.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Bonfires are lit every year in some unionist areas of Northern Ireland ahead of the Orange Order's parades, which are traditionally held on 12 July to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
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
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
This Independence Day weekend we should celebrate our great nation with parades and fireworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Yeah, they do parades that way there' ” “Oh, it ain’t just parades,” Moses said “That right, what else is different over there?”
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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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
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
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
One of Scotland's most high-profile gangland figures has been paraded by police in Bali after being arrested at an airport immigration checkpoint.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
I watched coolly as the remaining people paraded, making figure eights around me and their badly bruised automobile.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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Bonfires are lit annually in some unionist areas across Northern Ireland in July to usher in the Twelfth of July, the main date in the parading season.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
Here was one of those stagnant educations, never used except for parading a lot of big words.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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