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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
Fox News Digital attempted to question Block about McCuskey's statement after oral arguments for the case in the Supreme Court Tuesday, but Block walked away from the first wave of questioning to take a picture with his team and client.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Pine walked the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards on January 11 alone, but was later joined by the designer inside the event.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Thousands of visitors walked through the gates and millions of viewers tuned in at home to witness the park’s opening day activities.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Flores has interviewed for Baltimore’s top job, and could very well be a legitimate candidate for Steelers’ position after Mike Tomlin on Tuesday walked away from Pittsburgh, where Flores served as the linebackers coach before coming to Minnesota.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
Neighbors say the driver was thrown from the vehicle and walked away.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Beginning at age 6, Sylvester had walked two miles each way to the Depot Street School for Negroes.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Police said a 30-year-old Meridian man exited the vehicle and walked away from the location, while the driver stayed and cooperated with officers.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
Reports about the party indicate that at one point, bottle girls, including one riding a motorcycle with sparklers, walked around the party, and Sánchez leapt from her seat to celebrate.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Pine walked the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards on January 11 alone, but was later joined by the designer inside the event.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Thousands of visitors walked through the gates and millions of viewers tuned in at home to witness the park’s opening day activities.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Flores has interviewed for Baltimore’s top job, and could very well be a legitimate candidate for Steelers’ position after Mike Tomlin on Tuesday walked away from Pittsburgh, where Flores served as the linebackers coach before coming to Minnesota.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
Neighbors say the driver was thrown from the vehicle and walked away.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Beginning at age 6, Sylvester had walked two miles each way to the Depot Street School for Negroes.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Police said a 30-year-old Meridian man exited the vehicle and walked away from the location, while the driver stayed and cooperated with officers.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
Reports about the party indicate that at one point, bottle girls, including one riding a motorcycle with sparklers, walked around the party, and Sánchez leapt from her seat to celebrate.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked
Verb
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Diaz has stepped away from entertainment projects and public events in Hollywood in recent years.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
12 Jan. 2026
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He was struck three times, suffering a broken clavicle.—
Tom Olsen,
Twin Cities,
14 Jan. 2026
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Chinnawong added that those who were killed were in two of the three carriages struck by the crane.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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The scene around them was picturesque — horses strolled in the distance, the sky bore a bright blue.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Paige Bueckers strolled into Unrivaled carrying the kind of aura that usually bends the room before a player ever steps on the floor.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Some who marched carried signs of Good as well as others who have been killed by ICE agents or died while in ICE custody.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Several people with megaphones spoke from the bed of a pickup truck as the group marched down East Lake Avenue.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Ponds read Moore’s eyes the whole way and when Moore threw the ball to the left side, Ponds jumped the route and sauntered 25 yards into the end zone.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Alex Consani sauntered down the runway in a pair of ruffled red lace trousers, her bottom pushed over the top of the leather waistband like a pair of breasts in a pushup bra.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Walked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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