stride
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While the gilt market took Burnham’s fiscal plans in its stride, investors will want to see the arithmetic in the October 28 autumn budget, Monex Europe analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
Then Stafford hit him in stride for a 64-yard monster gain on the Rams’ third drive, which set up Kyren Williams’ 10-yard touchdown reception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
He was learning to take Basil in his stride.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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The Scottish government said it had made great strides, with its policies keeping 100,000 children out of poverty this year, but accepted there was more to do.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
Overall, though, Hayden said in an interview, the company has made big strides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The ocean breeze was cold against their faces, and their strides fell into a steady matching rhythm.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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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
“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
At a house where a construction worker dumped lumber onto the sidewalk, Phillips strode up and asked what the thought would happen to the scrap pile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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
Warren strode past, a roll of rope over his arm.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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
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Page 174 Roscoe Bent had thrown his chair back and without so much as excusing himself had stridden over to the bay window, where he stood holding the curtain aside and looking out.
From Tom Slade with the Colors by Thomas Clarity
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
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
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
They walked along in relative silence, their classmates melting off onto various paths and striding over grass to go to the places where their pictures beckoned.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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