Thesaurus results for WALKED

walked

verb

past tense of walk

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 Elsewhere, a pink-haired Adéla and smoky-eyed Demi Lovato walked the red carpet before a night of festivities joined by the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Charlize Theron and more. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 When the sidewalk ended, Brown walked across the four empty lanes towards the other sidewalk. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 Talented players like Brian Burns, Frankie Luvu and Jeremy Chinn walked. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026 Nearby, along the street a young Addams likely walked to school, is a Victorian-era house that helped inspire the fictional family's imposing, gothic abode. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 In Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Rays, one night after getting walked off in the bottom of the 13th inning, the Brewers defeated their AL opponent, 4-1, to claim their title. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Before taking the stage at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel walked past two olive sphere servers and a third handing out caviar. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026 The footage shows officers walked with the family to one of the park’s exits. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Nothing to suggest a deer hunter had been sitting here when a shooter buck walked in front of her. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Oct. 2026

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De Goede scored her second bounding over a ruck, prop DaLeaka Menin scored in a lineout drive, and fullback Savannah Bauder stepped two defenders in a 55-meter solo try to make it 31-17.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Betkowski temporarily stepped away from the role in 1978 and returned to California for a couple months to receive psychiatric treatment at the then-UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepped

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The attack struck the Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral in Karak, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman, on Friday.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Naz Reid struck fire midway through the fourth, executing, in quick succession, plays on both ends of the court.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of struck

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Jackson’s blind was situated on rolling private farmland, and late that afternoon a fawn deer strolled down a mountain trail toward Jackson shortly before nightfall.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
Moments later, a male lion strolled out of the thin trees behind me, settling by the pond for a drink.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolled

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

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Fans of Princess Aiko, the emperor’s sole daughter, have marched in Japan’s streets in recent weeks in support of her eligibility to become empress.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
The two candidates finalized the arguments of their campaigns on Saturday, as Lula marched along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, while Bolsonaro campaigned in a key battleground state.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026