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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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So a tired group of Ravens, who had just sprinted back and forth in the end zone, had to trudge back in the huddle and try to get another stop.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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In modern times, friends trudge through mud to ancient thermal Roman baths in Galicia’s countryside.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Nov. 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
Verb
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Unlike Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, there is plenty of footage of Bryant scoring from all over the court and stamping his singular dominance.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Each request is coded using a taxonomy of over 10,000 need types, is time- and date-stamped, and is linked to the caller’s ZIP code.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 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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At this time, Mike has stepped away from his role at Trailer Park Boys Incorporated and Gary Howsam has assumed managing director responsibilities.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Fellow superstar Luka Doncic has also missed four games, but the Lakers continue to plod ahead, having won four in a row.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Before the former became a modern classic, its debut was considered a touch plodding and a tad dark.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Today, the American Royal still hosts its annual rodeo, equestrian show, livestock show, and the World Series of Barbecue, but gone are the days of horses, cattle, and marching bands parading through downtown Kansas City — or anywhere else.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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