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stride

[strahyd] / straɪd /


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U.S. stocks are taking it all in stride with futures pointing to modest gains at the open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Without the influential Tara Jane Stanley through concussion, they were odds against but with Wigan unable to get into their free-flowing stride, York's superb determination saw them over the line.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The breakout success of singles like “La Diabla” and “La Victima” first helped Xavi find his stride in romantic tumbados, anchored by a keen requinto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Yields of 5% may be taken in stride, but hitting 5.5% or 6% on the 10-year note would be more concerning, Sockin said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Stewart, following him down the passageway, was closing the distance between them with every stride.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

"But when I met my oncologist I realised how ignorant I was and what gargantuan strides medicine has made recently."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

OpenAI seems to be making financial strides, and that’s been seen as good news for Oracle and other artificial-intelligence stocks on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"We've made great strides, very positive for both countries," Trump told reporters as he had tea with Xi at the White House on Friday before the archives trip.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

This would require some cooperation between the two countries, as they have taken the greatest strides, and are also the leading competitors, in the new technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

He came back to walk alongside me, where he took purposeful strides forward in his sky blue suit and polka-dot red tie.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

“It’s embarrassing if you don’t come with one,” Kirsty Downes, 35, said as several other Pitbull lookalikes strode through Hyde Park on the way to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"I'm the boss," Trump said as he strode in to the morning session of the last day, with the other leaders already in their seats.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Will Smith crouched, his left knee on the ground and his mitt grazing the dirt as his Team USA teammate, Mason Miller, strode towards the plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

After summoning the White House press pool, Trump strode to a podium bearing the presidential seal and, unprompted, declared that the “lies” linking her to Jeffrey Epstein had to end.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Once rid of her and her unlucky charm, he turned and strode off with purpose.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

And it is into this perceived vacuum that Andy Burnham has stridden, again, to the intense irritation of Downing Street and plenty of Labour MPs.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

But already John Willie had stridden on ahead.

From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions

But when the last soldier had stridden clanking out of the tent, a distant thudding became audible, like the approach of a body of horse.

From The Path to Honour by Sydney C. Grier

But Foster was a man not easily daunted by such things, and he had stridden on manfully, fully occupied by his own thoughts, till he reached the stile where the footpath to the ruins began.

From True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by D. A. Helm

One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

It will be Vance striding toward planes in photographs and Vance standing behind podiums to explain why negotiations aren’t working.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Other photos from the parade showed Ju Ae striding a red carpet next to her father as he received salutes from North Korea's military top brass.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Known as the Klaebo stride, or Klæbo-klyvet in Norwegian, it’s a running style used on steep uphills where he essentially sprints on his skis, leaving competitors who use traditional diagonal striding behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

When he was situated, I stood again and began striding through the returning sea.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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