ambulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of ambulate
as in walks
to go on foot a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate

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  1. walks
  2. treads
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  • Sonnenberg Bunker guide Zora Schelbert walks slowly down the tunnel toward the main structure of the bunker, built in the 1970s, during the Cold War, to house 20,000 people in the event of a nuclear war.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The gunman then walks from the In-N-Out toward the street and fires at cars stopped at a red light, striking three victims, the video shows.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of walks
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  • Speaking of the houseboat, the finale treads some familiar ground for Lewis.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Consider paintings like Caracalla, where the titular emperor treads a trail of rose petals; or In a Rose Garden, where a woman shakes the petals of a rose bush down on her companion; and the extravaganza of The Roses of Heliogabalus.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2026
Definition of treads
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“Ambulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulates. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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