as in following
to act according to the commands of
the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath
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Daily Fiction By Oyinkan Braithwaite The following is from Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters.—
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Ladd was initially against her daughter, Laura Dern, following in her footsteps and becoming an actress.—
Louis Casiano , Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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While current power brokers haven’t scrapped movies over their content, yet, Hollywood has a recent history of companies obeying in advance by shelving projects until the tensions cool.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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It was intended simply to verify that a nonviolent offender was obeying curfew hours.—
Robert S. Gable,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 July 2017
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“Goose-stepping (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-stepping%20%28to%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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