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Recent Examples of goose-step
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.
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Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
Variety, 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
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
North Korea’s massive ground force, whose goose-stepping soldiers are often paraded with fanfare, substantially outsizes that of the South, but the country’s Soviet-era military equipment pales in comparison to the technologically superior weapons systems of its opponents.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
Variety, 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
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
North Korea’s massive ground force, whose goose-stepping soldiers are often paraded with fanfare, substantially outsizes that of the South, but the country’s Soviet-era military equipment pales in comparison to the technologically superior weapons systems of its opponents.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-step
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The herds are decked out in crowns of flowers, and the air will be noisy, full of tinkling bells as the cattle trudge down from the higher Alpine pastures to the lower stretches of greenery in and around this town.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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Enormous grey clouds gathered over the Bank of America Stadium as the players trudged off the field, bringing thunderstorms and a risk of lightning which delayed the match for one hour and 53 minutes.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
29 June 2025
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Jenna Ortega has stomped all over the press tour for the second season of Wednesday.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
6 Aug. 2025
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Some, snubbed by their companions, stomp off in a huff or peck adjacent fans instead, while youthful pairs looking to lock lips are thwarted by chaperoning adults.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
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Gray — who Frank has a long-term admiration for, and tried to sign for Brentford last season from Leeds United — started against Luton, but failed to stamp his authority, with opposition midfielders seemingly able to unsettle him with intensity and physicality.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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At the launch party for the new tattoo studio Dainty, La Virgen de Guadalupe candles — clear vessels stamped with the image of the Virgin Mary — burned along the walls.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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One such group of 50 marched so that 30 of them formed the vertical part, and 20 the horizontal part of a gigantic white cross.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Top officials—including Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, National Assembly head Jorge Rodríguez and Caracas Mayor Carmen Meléndez—marched alongside loyalists, public workers, and motorcyclist groups in defiant displays following the U.S. announcement of the unprecedented bounty.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Still, the Giants need to be making up ground — not treading water — no better time than this week.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
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The two fought, treading water and splashing each other before her partner swam in to join the fray.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
11 Aug. 2025
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But instead of taking a drop, the 36-year-old Georgia native kicked off his shoes, rolled up his pants and stepped inside the water.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Some dancers were retiring or stepping away to start families.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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The drums punch and plod like textbook EDM; indistinguishable synths twinkle.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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Sudanese army soldiers parade in the streets of eastern Sudan's city of Gedaref on August 14, 2025 to mark the 71st anniversary of the formation of the Sudanese army.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Don’t the judges just parade you around, then poke, prod and grope you?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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