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Recent Examples of power walk
The Empire is full of bickering bureaucrats, which is fun to watch though bad for getting the Death Star done in a timely manner, and Darth Vader power walks into scenes that both undermine his icon status yet also cement it.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Or the kind that require you to angrily power walk 10 miles up to the George Washington Bridge and back in a hurricane (me again).
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
In other footage released by TMZ, the new mom is power walking with the stroller; Valente is beside them on dog duty.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Or the kind that require you to angrily power walk 10 miles up to the George Washington Bridge and back in a hurricane (me again).
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
An elliptical machine can help people get the benefits of power walking or running without straining their joints.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
After that, the sisters regularly walked in half marathons around Lake Tahoe and then signed up for another Big Sur power walk in 2009.
—Julie Gallant, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
People who power walk typically walk at a 13- to 15-minute mile.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
Then, wake up refreshed and start the day with a jog or power walk along the four-mile-long Buckeye Lake Dam Walking & Biking Trail, preferably with a beverage from Millersport Coffee.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Or the kind that require you to angrily power walk 10 miles up to the George Washington Bridge and back in a hurricane (me again).
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
In other footage released by TMZ, the new mom is power walking with the stroller; Valente is beside them on dog duty.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Or the kind that require you to angrily power walk 10 miles up to the George Washington Bridge and back in a hurricane (me again).
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
An elliptical machine can help people get the benefits of power walking or running without straining their joints.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
After that, the sisters regularly walked in half marathons around Lake Tahoe and then signed up for another Big Sur power walk in 2009.
—Julie Gallant, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
People who power walk typically walk at a 13- to 15-minute mile.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
Then, wake up refreshed and start the day with a jog or power walk along the four-mile-long Buckeye Lake Dam Walking & Biking Trail, preferably with a beverage from Millersport Coffee.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for power walk
Verb
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When his remarks concluded, the pope walked down the steps at the front of the stage in the hall and shook hands with a line of Vatican officials, exchanging a few words with each person.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Whoever walks away with the desk will also get a small plaque portrait of Dickens, which is protected by a period wooden frame.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Some of the side plots bog the film down and take away from the core of seeing Rust and Lucas staying one step ahead of those trailing them including a posse formed by Helm along the way, and an encounter with a widow and her son that pads Fimmel’s role.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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The gaps in footage force Gibney to pad out the 116-minute film with occasionally comical re-enactments.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this month, Ham and his fellow Loyola students sprinted to St. Peter’s Square to watch as Pope Leo XIV first stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Soto soaked it in, stepped out of the batter’s box and then tipped his helmet to the crowd who was not only booing him but also doing so while standing on their feet.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Power walk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/power%20walk. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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