paraded

past tense of parade

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Recent Examples of paraded Ensconced in a glass case mounted on a float, the drum was paraded through the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city, before continuing on to Adjame. Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Soldiers on street corners and prisoners paraded before cameras offer immediate proof that a government is acting. Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraded
Verb
  • Lang and other anti-Islam protesters marched in Dearborn in November 2025, clashing with counter-protesters and claiming the area is not friendly to those who are non-Muslim.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Days later, thousands of grieving students marched through Beijing, calling for a more democratic government in Hu’s honor.
    Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Don't assume that the date prominently displayed on a collection notice represents the debt's original delinquency date, though.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And much of the film unfolds as text displayed on the screen, with Béatrice (Anne-Laure Sellier) poring over decades of historical documents that the filmmakers translate for us.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements.
    Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Madjo then strode into the left channel, PSG’s central defenders scrambling back, only to curl his effort wide.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Tufts said throughout her testimony that Clancy never exhibited any signs of psychosis or mania during her treatment.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the past, Cerio’s work has been exhibited at the MAXXI Museum in Rome as part of an installation curated by artist Alex Da Corte.
    News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hancock, who flashed high-level plays last year as a safety, has primarily played as a nickel corner in Leonhard’s new scheme.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Douglas shows his skills and inexperience Rookie wide receiver Caleb Douglas, the third-round pick, flashed some good and bad Friday, which has been his story in training camp.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Geolocated video showed a huge fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow region, the Russian equivalent of Amazon.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Images shared by Russian media outlets from the town of Podolsk showed columns of black smoke rising from the site.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As packages are unveiled and sold, available inventory on the website fluctuates — which means fans can spend a lot of time checking and rechecking.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Prime Video has unveiled a landmark $2 billion-plus investment plan in Latin American entertainment spanning 2027 to 2030 in a concerted bid to increase viewership and engagement.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Wasserman Schultz is a recognizable figure Several times outside of early voting sites, Black, white and Hispanic voters waved or stopped to talk to the congresswoman.
    Bill Barrow, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • More than two dozen friends and family traveled from Ohio and waved a Marietta College flag for each of his plate appearances.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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