strut
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This was the ninth year for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, and it has emerged as the premier occasion for China to strut its stuff in AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now, more than 20 years after The Cheetah Girls first burst onto screens, the much-loved musical film is making a comeback with a new generation getting ready to strut like they mean it.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Every four years the world's best attacking players strut their stuff as their nations try to win football's ultimate prize.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Our clique comes storming down the mall food court in that classic slow-motion strut, letting us know right away what we’re in for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
When they had enough freedom, we chased them inside the run, where they could still strut about freely.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Despite Ward’s reservations about the song, it strutted all the way to No. 1 on the Hot 100.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Mike Papantonio strutted on a raised stage, his own face a hundred times larger than life on the screen behind him.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
When the ceremony began, Petri walked out to the song “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson 5, while Williams strutted out to “Ovunque Sarai” by Irama.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Last weekend in London's Soho Square he strutted against two dozen other men - and some women with drawn-on moustaches - in a catwalk contest to find the city's best "performative male".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
He strutted back toward the pond, hoping he looked awesome and not like he had some sort of nervous affliction.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
“And then there’s some funny stuff too,” Dan explained, strutting around the store, with a sense of importance.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“All day, all the time, as if they’re players fretting and strutting on some invisible stage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Other tracks include “Just a Little,” strutting to a Rolling Stones-ish riff, and the bluesy, moody “Go on Down to Mobile,” with a brief but searing guitar solo that is recognizably his.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
I walk the top row like a model strutting down a runway.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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