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stride

[strahyd] / straɪd /


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Bellingham has simply taken it all in his stride, making a nonsense of any suggestions he should not have been in Tuchel's best line up.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

But one suspects that Mr. Kraus—one of the most versatile, imaginative and prolific writers of his generation—is just hitting his stride.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

For years, eaters regularly asked him where the real owner was, something Castillo always took in stride.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

After striking a deal to unload a majority stake in the Arby’s business to private-equity firm Roark Capital in 2011, Wendy’s seemed to hit its stride.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Then he’d burst through the back door and stride into the house to where Tyler sat studying in his room.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Building on the creative strides of “Hackney Diamonds,” their 24th studio effort, “Foreign Tongues” oozes with soulful R&B and high-octane rock.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

If the national team progress further, then the chances of the sport making strides in the US will increase.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

If, for example, I could pick up a chain saw or an electric drill and have the controls automatically switch to accommodate my dominant left hand, civilization would have made great strides forward.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Elon Musk loves to show off his Optimus prototype, recently filmed jogging in short strides.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

He had made great strides from his log-cabin birth, though his path to this point had not been easy.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

Most nights, after her husband, Carlos Manzo, tucked their small sons into bed, he donned a bullet-resistant vest, made the sign of the cross and strode out into the night.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 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

But Brooks, who normally bats at number five, strode to the wicket first drop in a massive statement of intent that said "leave it to me, lads".

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

A man strode by in a pristine white coat and high fur cap, like a hero from a Slavic fairy tale.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Quick as lightning, the Wondersmith had stridden a few paces, and grasped the poor cripple, who was yet quivering with the departing thunder of his passion.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

But he spake nought thereof, and strode on toward the Uttermost House, even as that other day he had stridden away from it.

From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William

He had never scrupled to thrust from his path whoever or whatever stood in his way, and had stridden on without a backward glance.

From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

There we discover that she is striding forward, signaling that the American project isn’t a one-off but a ceaseless effort.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

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

That softness we hide striding down the street—how do you hide it when you got to bandage up a skinned knee and kiss it to make it better?

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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