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 Yet another wild pitch moved Crews to second, and then CJ Abrams walked. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026 Ryan Vilade and Diaz walked and as the Yankees mishandled a throw in attempting a double play on Liam Hicks’ grounder, Vilade made a heads-up dash for home. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Smith infamously walked up to Oscars host Chris Rock during the live broadcast of the 2022 event and slapped him across the face after Rock made an unscripted joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 Holmes has walked 15 batters in his last 19 2/3 innings spanning four starts. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Elsewhere, Senate nominees have walked a careful line on tariffs. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The actor walked the red carpet with the royal couple on September 22. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Illustration by Patricia Bolaños In sleepy South Slope, a local son in search of a beer bar walked past a familiar, long-shuttered laundromat. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 Early investigation details indicate the crash happened as a pedestrian walked in the northbound lanes of I-435. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

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Into the breach stepped Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, a Montreal technology entrepreneur and founder of Watch Mojo, a pop culture brand with 26 million subscribers on YouTube.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
After more than a decade of collaboration as a trio, cofounder José Lamali stepped away from the business in April of last year.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of stepped

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The truck driver, who police identified only as a 57-year-old man, was heading westbound on East 14th Street and making a right turn onto First Avenue when his vehicle struck the teens.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Bregman lost his bat but maintained his footing as the ball struck him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of struck

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Young children go missing all the time, and statistics will tell you that most are found within hours, inside their own homes, or having wandered not much more than a mile away.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Other uncommon marine animals have wandered into California waters this year.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026