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as in stepped
to go on foot
I walked slowly to school
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as in struck
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands
workers threatened to walk unless management agreed to shoulder more of the cost of health insurance
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Recent Examples of walked
The left-hander allowed two hits, struck out two and walked three in six scoreless innings while improving to 2-1.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Joined by four assistants with umbrellas and eyes on the train, Gaga and Maxwell walked by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a wagon full of Champagne labeled Haus of Gaga behind them.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
The deputies walked the man to a jail segregation unit before the video ended.
—Darrell Smith
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Eads, a freshman, had two doubles, walked twice, drove in five runs and scored four times as Logan routed American in league play.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Early in the second half of Game 5 on Tuesday, Derrick White drew a foul on VJ Edgecombe, walked to the line and sank both free throws.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The judge also heard from the victim's mother, who walked by Bentley's home last year and got a scare.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Former Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer entered the Bell Centre from that plaza holding a torch, walked it into the building and the arena bowl, setting off the Canadiens’ traditional playoff ritual of the ice catching fire, and the building roared.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Zach Neto blooped a single into center to drive in one, and then Mike Trout walked to push home another.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Joined by four assistants with umbrellas and eyes on the train, Gaga and Maxwell walked by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a wagon full of Champagne labeled Haus of Gaga behind them.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
The deputies walked the man to a jail segregation unit before the video ended.
—Darrell Smith
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Eads, a freshman, had two doubles, walked twice, drove in five runs and scored four times as Logan routed American in league play.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Early in the second half of Game 5 on Tuesday, Derrick White drew a foul on VJ Edgecombe, walked to the line and sank both free throws.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The judge also heard from the victim's mother, who walked by Bentley's home last year and got a scare.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Former Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer entered the Bell Centre from that plaza holding a torch, walked it into the building and the arena bowl, setting off the Canadiens’ traditional playoff ritual of the ice catching fire, and the building roared.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Zach Neto blooped a single into center to drive in one, and then Mike Trout walked to push home another.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked
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In stepped the Atlanta surrealist Young Thug, whose main gift to songwriting has been his ease with dismantling its norms.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Phillies hired Mattingly as their bench coach in January after the 65-year-old stepped away from the Toronto Blue Jays last season after being the team’s bench coach for three seasons.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The delivery man, 41, was struck outside the 482 Joy Garden on Riverdale Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Ukrainian drones have routinely struck deep into Russian territory, hitting Russian military bases, oil refineries, and the Russian capital.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Earlier on Sunday, Sai Sudharsan continued his fine form with 87 runs off 46 balls as Gujarat Titans strolled to an eight-wicket win over host Chennai Super Kings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Yet, as throngs of people strolled the three-block downtown on a recent April weekend, past American flag streamers, patriotic bunting and red brick colonial buildings, there was scant visible evidence of that polarization.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The back parking lot, once a nasty no man’s land where drunken customers wandered off to urinate, has recently been transformed into a performance space that has hosted small gigs including Duane Betts.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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But, as Chen and Shrivastava wandered a Texas restaurant conference, a Dallas heating and air company called Rescue Air found them.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The next morning, as part of Charles’s welcome ceremony, American military units and bands marched through rain on the South Lawn.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis and other White nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus in 2017, shouting racist and antisemitic chants.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Leaving the Heavener Football Center on Wednesday, Baugh sauntered several hundred yards to his car without a phone in his hands — a rare sight among his fellow students on the UF campus.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Walked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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