paraded

past tense of parade

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Recent Examples of paraded 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 It was paraded at the Trevi Fountain, a first for the Baroque monument, whose restoration Fendi supported — the catwalk placed directly on the water. Luisa Zargani For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026 To pay more homage to Drac, a scary fire-breathing replica is paraded through Palma religious festivals and last year an artist’s floating sculpture of a 10-foot Drac was permanently installed in the lake below La Seu Cathedral. Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 As was the case with some of Juventus’ Italian players in the tournament’s 2006 edition, notably Gianluigi Buffon and Alessandro Del Piero, Baresi flew home a world champion, paraded through Rome in triumph, and then prepared himself for life in the second division. James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Vidal covers this briskly but omits the surreal postlude in which Hearst had the young woman dressed like a princess in a long white gown and paraded her through New York City to a rally at Madison Square Garden before a reception with President McKinley at the White House. Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Soldiers took body parts as trophies and paraded them through the streets of Denver. Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 The optics—underclad, mostly Black young men having their hands and limbs measured to the eighth of an inch, then paraded for physical evaluation—have reliably drawn comparisons to slave markets. Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraded
Verb
  • The festivities continued Monday as nearly 1,000 sailors and crew members from 16 different nations marched through Boston's Seaport, drawing crowds eager to celebrate maritime traditions and America's 250th anniversary.
    Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Scotland’s Tartan Army, with time to kill between matches, marched roughly 8,000 strong into a Miami Marlins game and serenaded the ballpark with soccer chants remixed for baseball.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Princess Itaweret’s skeleton showed healed fractures to both her ribs and foot, while multiple individuals displayed nutritional deficiencies and infections.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • White, when give the chance, has displayed a diverse offensive game, a defensive bent and an ability to make tough shots.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • That exception aside, football’s figurines have strode into North America like a series of Power Rangers, entering the fray, one after the other, each unleashing their unique gifts.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Models dressed in Macdonald sparkles strode past guests against a backdrop of the London skyline, more than 70 floors above ground.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • On loan from the Bayeux Museum in Normandy, it will be displayed at the British Museum from September 10, 2026, to July 11, 2027, the first time in its nearly 1000-year history the work has been publicly exhibited on British soil.
    Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026
  • French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu tweets that five passengers from the country were evacuated from the ship and one of them exhibited symptoms after boarding the evacuation flight.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • After the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, however, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card at Balogun, a judgment many immediately deemed overly harsh.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • East2West footage showed the overnight barrage from inside Kyiv, including a baby sleeping as explosions flashed outside an open window and smoke from an earlier strike rose nearby.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • In January, the brothers made headlines when a viral video showed the pair partying with influencers Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Justin Waller.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • FlightAware showed the Gulfstream originally was scheduled to fly from New Jersey to Miami in time for the third-place match between England and France but never took off.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • On July 16, Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, the latest version of its Kimi model.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Burberry unveiled a hyper-British, globally resonant campaign, A Good Sport, leaning on a cast of national and international names.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Undeterred, Norway’s players celebrated with beer and waved as the party continued long after dark.
    Reuters, NBC news, 14 July 2026
  • Claudia Morton, who lives near Durán Guerrero and his family and often waved to him, was distraught over the shooting.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026

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