strut
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They eat specially curated dinners, strut around in breeders’ shows and often rule over their owners like whiskered tyrants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dachshunds strut in ‘Sausage Walk’ during Paris fashion week.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
We studied the choreography, mimicking his strut to the ballroom stage, the hip swivels, the disco arm roll as he sings about getting Brad and Janet a satanic mechanic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
I didn't need to modify a landing strut after all.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Five days later, Mladić strutted into town surrounded by TV camera crews.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The MacArthur “genius grant” winner sparkled with sartorial edge as he strutted across the stage in a white tuxedo shirt to discuss his book “Emperor of Gladness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Yet Polyakov determinedly strutted around for reporters and masked any discomfort with a grin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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
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
Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Right now, we’re strutting around the living room in summery folk-dance dresses.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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