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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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The pair had been seen speaking together as the relief pitcher trudged off the field.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Jess Bryant,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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When Empower Field hosted the CONCACAF Nations League final between the United States and Mexico in 2021, the building stomped and shook like a Saturday at College Station, Texas, or Madison, Wis.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after, another group of gunmen, without any face coverings, arrived at the site, stomped their feet, and stood in a grid formation.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ohio State stamped its authority on the Big Ten with a road win at Illinois.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Moments later, O’Brien came away with an interception and the Cougars began marching right back up the field.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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As the roster improved, the Mariners never let a team march into T-Mobile Park and beat them that way again — right up until this ALCS.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Under this pretense, wearing a MAGA hat in a Google office or entertaining eugenicist ideas about race and intelligence was a way of daring to go where liberals feared to tread.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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However, candidates must tread carefully, framing cultural issues as defenses against progressive overreach rather than leaning into divisive battles that risk alienating suburban voters.—
Kristin Tate,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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If your Wi-Fi is protected by a weak password or uses outdated encryption, a skilled attacker might gain access without ever stepping inside your house.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Knueppel stepped to the line and completed the four-point play.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Penguins beat the Rangers in a plodding affair to start the season, but this was more of a high-spirited, up-and-down game.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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When their stomachs were full, the bears would plod into the woods, sometimes walking past less than 10 yards away from our group.—
Robert Annis,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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Without explanation, Iran avoided holding a major military commemoration marking the end of the Iran-Iraq war in September, which typically sees top officials watch drones and missile launchers parade past them.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The girl Lo saw in cabin 10 is the same one who is now parading around as Anne.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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