striding

present participle of stride
as in marching
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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Recent Examples of striding Daedone, using the hashtags #ErosOnTrial, #EroticJustice, #liberation, and #womenspower, frequently posted on Instagram, showing pictures and slow-motion videos of herself and Cherwitz, often flanked by female OneTaste supporters, striding into the courthouse. Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 He was also filmed confidently striding up to a group of several other dogs, engaging all of them in a game of chase in the water. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 Out for a walk, Lina ends up striding across a bridge and then, without pause, jumping into the churning river below. Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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marching
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  • After the Chiefs’ 1-2 start — when Mahomes often seemed to be conducting chaos in the pocket rather than marching to coach Andy Reid’s precise drumbeat — Mahomes found a rhythm from a previous time.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In the first minutes, after the group of influencers, athletes, models, podcasters and actors are driven into the the desert in Morocco, their military manhandlers storm the bus and put black hoods over the heads, marching them into the unknown.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Striding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striding. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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