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Recent Examples of goose-step
Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.
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Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea.
—Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea.
—Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-step
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Tour rookie Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark trudged through the past three weeks but said Sunday the conditions were a part of golf.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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To get there, the Norwegian explorers navigated the interminable snowfields of interior Antarctica, trudging through the harshest climates on earth for 56 days.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the latter stomped down the catwalk, Anok gave Gabbriette a makeshift haircut.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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And the Broncos proceeded to stomp Dallas into the turf at Empower Field for four quarters Sunday in a 44-24 drubbing, their best end-to-end performance of the year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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Arriaga’s version simultaneously pays graceful homage to Fender’s original, while, like the rest of the songs on the album, Arriaga stamps every lyric and message with his unique artistry and warm, welcoming vocal tone.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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The burger consists of two steakburger patties, American cheese, pickles, onions and ketchup on a bun stamped with the Bitcoin symbol.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Schuschnigg resigned, accepted Hitler’s terms to avoid the shedding of Bruderblut, and, on March 12, German troops marched into Austria.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Others marched and protested in support of the boycott, engaging in high-risk forms of activism that could cost them their jobs.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Brit List script, which treads the line between black comedy and drama, is set in the early 20th Century Hungary where a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Federal health officials warned state Medicaid directors to tread carefully, and the Department of Justice announced subpoenas of some children's hospitals and threatened providers with prosecution.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The week ahead could bring butterflies to your heart and push you to step outside of your comfort zone and go in slightly new directions.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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With that, Kirk smacked a grounder to shortstop Mookie Betts who stepped on second base, throwing to Freeman at first for the final two outs.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Like most people who headed west on the trail, the Ziebers joined a larger group for safety during the five-month journey, their oxen plodding six days a week.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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But alternative reports from organizations like the Chicago Fed have shown an economy that’s plodding along.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Three years after parading a kid on stage as an Oscar with Will Smith's red handprint on their face, The View has continued its annual holiday tradition of dressing children in unhinged Halloween costumes.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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