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 The canal sparkled gray-green in the sunlight and on the opposite bank, people walked their dogs and relaxed on benches along 365’s esplanade. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026 The 400 extras who walked Moschino’s Milan runway (not in our rankings this season, but an important show nonetheless) did something similar. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026 Ditka walked away with a record of 106 wins as the Bears coach, the second-most in the franchise's history. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Messick struck out six and walked two in the 3-0 loss to the Sox on Saturday. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 In the top of the second, Shohei Ohtani walked to lead off the inning, then stole second as Teoscar Hernandez swung through strike three. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The choice of chartreuse — a borderline putrid shade of it, no less — walked an appropriate tightrope between glamorous and grotesque. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 The gathering grew into an annual event where mothers brought daughters, children walked the runway and participants received professional photographs at no charge. — Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 And one guest, inexplicably, walked around with his own bottle of a 2014 Cabernet, swirling it to the sounds of DJ duo Sofi Tukker. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

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Ines De Ramon stepped onto the London red carpet in a sheer lace gown on Friday night accompanied by boyfriend Brad Pitt.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, gave up his role as trade envoy in 2011 and stepped away from all royal duties in 2019 because of concerns about his relationship with Epstein.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepped

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Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
For Patil, Selvi’s habit of putting her own plans on hold struck close to home.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of struck

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Just three days after surgery to remove one of his kidneys, Miller slowly strolled right in — cane in hand — and took a seat with Council, firing off jokes without missing a beat.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Fresh off a meeting, Zach Harrison strolled through the Falcons’ locker room and felt his phone buzz.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolled

Verb

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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Several opposition lawmakers and thousands of supporters marched through the capital and submitted a petition to the chief justice alleging irregularities in the nationwide revision of voter lists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her shoes were very similar in style to her mother’s, and the pair looked on as Princess Leonor marched in the parade in formal military attire to celebrate completing three years of training.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026