stridden

Definition of striddennext
past participle of stride
as in marched
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller

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  • Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.
    James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • As the delegates were marched out of their hotel rooms, investigators also arrived at the Home of FIFA, the organization’s global headquarters, which has six underground levels dug into a hillside on the edge of Zurich.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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  • Additionally, Hunt filed more false returns in his own name to seek additional fraudulent refunds.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
  • The congressman wrote that a parent filed a complaint alleging the school system violated her daughter’s civil rights under Title IX by allowing transgender students to use girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
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“Stridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridden. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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