stride

It is the stride to the crease with his helmet in one hand and the way he hits sixes over straight mid-wicket.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

When there are unknowns about how an industry will metabolize certain technological changes, they want to hire someone who bounces back from mistakes and takes setbacks in stride.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Before the outbreak, Taco Bell had found its stride — and analysts say its operational advantages could carry it through the rough patch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

But investors more often took that pressure in stride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

She walked the path of the Governor, toward the city, covering a hundred yards with every stride.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

She told broadcaster ABC the sport had made strides in dealing with issues like sexism and racism in recent years, but added:

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

As a result, their strides were shorter, and their walking speeds were slower.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

This being “Ted Lasso,” every determined push downfield strides on a turf green with optimism.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

While the “Heartstopper” team expected the series to resonate with younger audiences, they have been particularly moved by the reactions of older queer viewers, who have marveled at the strides in LGBTQ+ representation onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Ekon kept his strides even as they ventured deeper into blackness, turning and twisting through corridors until he was sure they were lost.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in the 17th century.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Outreach workers with ID lanyards strode through the trash-strewn landscape like lifeguards working against endless tides of fresh emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Iran’s players strode out together from the Los Angeles Chargers’ locker room and made their way to a bus to LAX.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

When Graham Potter strode out to Sweden training last week donning a Stetson, it was a bit of fun to get into the World Cup mood as they prepared for the tournament in Texas.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Warren strode past, a roll of rope over his arm.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

Never have I stridden across such vile slaughter-house cattle as they keep for travellers on the Brenner road.

From Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

But already John Willie had stridden on ahead.

From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions

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

Co-written by actual opera singer Vesna Aćimović, it's all about women breaking free of gender stereotypes and striding towards a new dawn.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

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

“Mr. Cronkite!” the hotel manager called, striding up.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin