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Recent Examples of goose-stepVariety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.—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
Even with Slayton back, Johnson — who was putting up numbers at Penn State before many knew of Tyler Warren — can keep a fringe TE1 value, as the Giants trudge on without Malik Nabers.
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Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
As the decade trudges on, Brian becomes more serious about his work, never losing his soft spot for Margaret but otherwise gaining a sterling reputation as a hard-hitting interview.
Barner holds his arms parallel to the ground and swings them side to side while slowly stomping forward like Godzilla demolishing a city.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Chastain, meanwhile, is the disruptor who stomped onto the scene in 2022 and surprised everyone — slamming contenders on the track, throwing punches off of it, riding walls into glory that baffled his competitors but simultaneously captured the collective race fan’s imagination.
Timberview marched down the field before Steven Hall found Trysten Shaw in the corner of the end zone to put the Wolves back in front.
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Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
Rojas appeared in four postseason games in 2024 as the Dodgers marched to the World Series and defeated the New York Yankees, giving Rojas his first championship ring.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
That season’s Sharks — a talented group, to be sure — ended up treading water for the first three months before coming together in the second half and eventually reaching the Stanley Cup Final.
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Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Merhige treads a very fine line between crafting his own vampire story while also delivering a devious industry send-up, as well as a striking homage to Nosferatu.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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