paraded

past tense of parade

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Recent Examples of paraded In 2022, a pair of witness stones were placed in front of the steps of Trinity on the Green Episcopal Church, near the spot where Lois and her mother were paraded and sold. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 Maradona and Messi have paraded through Kolkata on multiple summer tours, mobbed by thousands at the airport and on the streets, hailed as gods coming down to earth. Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 Minutes earlier, the players paraded around Azteca Stadium — traditionally an impenetrable fortress — to applaud El Tri fans with tears in their eyes. Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 During his Superman press tour last year, Nicholas Hoult paraded around New York City wearing oversized totes, including the Prada Buckle antiquated leather bag. Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 10 July 2026 The president’s grim statements are simultaneous with the dayslong funeral for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose coffin has been paraded across national borders accompanied by thousands of mourners. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026 Hundreds of members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, paraded through the capital. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026 The Massachusetts Army of 1775 Spirit of America band also paraded through the square in what appears to be traditional colonial garb. Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 3 July 2026 This individual was paraded on the field to help renew vows for gay couples pregame. Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraded
Verb
  • Assad and his brother Maher fled to Russia after insurgents marched into Damascus in December 2014.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Black women, women of Indian heritage like Naidoo and even some white women marched that day.
    Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Inside the Lasch Football Building, for example, there’s barely a wall not covered in some sort of a mural featuring a uniformed player, Nike swoosh proudly displayed.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Dodgers, to their credit, displayed a modicum of fight, putting up five runs in the inning, but came up short in a 7-6 loss.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode into the Manchester City press auditorium five minutes early, addressed the room and took off his jacket.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.
    Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2020, scientists found that combining snail slime from a common garden snail with gold nanoparticles helped accelerate wound healing and exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in mice.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI revealed at Black Hat USA 2026 that its AI agents, designed to measure hacking ability, not only breached Hugging Face but also exhibited sophisticated coordination.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Gold jewelry that flashed its minor dazzle, its subtle good taste.
    Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The cheers that erupted when King flashed on the screen were like no other.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Video captured in June showed Russian soldiers scrambling to respond to one attack by firing off man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) on a busy highway.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers have unveiled the team's initial depth chart ahead of the 2026 season.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • They’ll be unveiled at the September keynote — the biggest event of the Apple calendar.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Aron has waved the flag publicly in support of a Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger, while Deadline told you first that Regal boss Eduardo Acuna was also a champion for the union.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Dog walkers and fishermen waved, and a canoeist kept pace for a chat.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 9 Aug. 2026

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“Paraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraded. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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