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But the Golden Bears wouldn’t find the end zone again, as UCLA’s defense forced turnovers and its offense hit its stride in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Dean “had found this flow as a performer, unleashed herself. To see your friend and business partner hit their stride after years of work was really special.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But her open-hearted grace and ability to take such slights in stride resonated with everyday folks otherwise overlooked by upper-crust tastemakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Outwardly at least, nothing knocks him out of his stride.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He was learning to take Basil in his stride.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Like Still, Hart could be in for third-year strides after a solid camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Shippers like Amazon made strides sending items in the smallest box possible and eliminating boxes packed inside other boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

After a few painful strides, she caught up and tugged on the admiral’s sleeve.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Savannah crossed town to the University of Arizona, her alma mater, and strode the quad in sunglasses and a sundress, trailed by the marching band playing the school’s fight song, “Bear Down, Arizona.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

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

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

“Queen, ha ha!” he said, and strode away.

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

For just then I nearly jumped out of my chair on hearing the major’s voice asking for Captain Brace, and the next moment he had stridden into the room.

From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by William Heysham Overend

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

Its red-white-and-blue website shows the Statue of Liberty and a person wearing a cowboy hat striding with a partner through amber waves of grain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

Pape Matar Sarr won the ball off Moises Caicedo before striding forward to score.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

“No, you won’t,” said a voice behind us, and we all turned to see Officer Salzburg striding down the path, looking furious.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin