Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for power walked
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Zeferjahn walked Junior Caminero on four pitches after replacing Mitch Farris with two on and two outs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026 -
In 2022, Under 30 alum Sarah Guo walked away from a high profile investing job at Reid Hoffman’s venture fund Greylock to start her own firm, Conviction.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Celebrities like Anne Hathaway, Meghan Markle, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julianne Moore have all stepped out in loose-fitting, relaxed styles that look equal parts polished and comfortable.—
Jacquelyn McGilvray,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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On June 6, 1966, on a stretch of Highway 51 just south of Hernando, Mississippi, a portly, middle-aged white man named Aubrey Norvell stepped out of a gully, lifted his shotgun and fired three shots at James Meredith, a Black civil rights activist and Air Force veteran.—
Aram Goudsouzian,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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The league has, for the most part, stepped away from the political messaging that alienated a sizable portion of the audience.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Two years after the show ended, Iler guest-starred on an episode ofLaw & Order, but otherwise stepped away from the spotlight for 15 years to pursue a career in the professional poker world in Las Vegas.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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While a lucky calendar shift—gaining a busy Sunday while losing a sluggish Thursday—undeniably padded the numbers, the upward momentum remained entirely genuine.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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After a week of vote counting, The Associated Press determined that Hilton had padded enough of a lead over billionaire philanthropists Tom Steyer to move on.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at the end of his starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at the end of his starts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Liv announced, as Smith strolled onstage, a surprise that nobody saw coming.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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Along First Street, fashionable young couples and wealthy empty nesters strolled by sidewalk pergolas.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Red-Bodied Dog Tick Has your idiotic dog wandered onto a bucolic patch of grass that hasn’t been freshly treated with toxins?—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Baez’s sister described her brother as a free spirit who wandered up and down the East Coast, from Florida to his home state of Massachusetts, where his two children live with their mother.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Locals complained tourist gawked at them or traipsed through their yards.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In the story, the dress is a reminder of a more exciting time in the lives of the married protagonists, who have returned to Canada after having traipsed around the globe for years.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Power walked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/power%20walked. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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