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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
That happened to be Duran, who took third on a wild pitch and scored after Marcelo Mayer walked and Yoshida came through with the game-winning single.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
The right-hander struck out four and walked two.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Brooks Lee, Kreidler and Byron Buxton walked to load the bases in the fifth.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Gilbert walked and Willy Adames followed with a single.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
The suspect was heavyset and walked with a unique gait, feet splayed apart, as seen in the surveillance video.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Soriano left after Manny Machado singled and Xander Bogaerts walked, but Chase Silseth got Gavin Sheets to fly out to the warning track in right.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
With ghost runner Jake Cronenworth perched on third with one out, Colorado intentionally walked Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado to load the bases, hoping to get a double play and send the game into the 13th inning.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Morse, a senior right-hander who signed with Tennessee, allowed two hits and walked two.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
The right-hander struck out four and walked two.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Brooks Lee, Kreidler and Byron Buxton walked to load the bases in the fifth.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Gilbert walked and Willy Adames followed with a single.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
The suspect was heavyset and walked with a unique gait, feet splayed apart, as seen in the surveillance video.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Soriano left after Manny Machado singled and Xander Bogaerts walked, but Chase Silseth got Gavin Sheets to fly out to the warning track in right.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
With ghost runner Jake Cronenworth perched on third with one out, Colorado intentionally walked Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado to load the bases, hoping to get a double play and send the game into the 13th inning.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Morse, a senior right-hander who signed with Tennessee, allowed two hits and walked two.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked
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Some stepped on their brakes and with the ice on the road, the cars simply wouldn't stop.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Rather than recast the role after Kilmer stepped away, the team moved forward and later revisited how to incorporate his character into the story.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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An unidentified male of unknown age who was also struck in the body was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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They were both struck by the unusual culture in Steubenville.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Nearly half a million people strolled through the grounds last year, nearly double the number in 2015.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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Once product characters strolled into the park in 1974, the floodgates opened.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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As party members slowly trickled into the building Saturday morning, campaign volunteers wandered, handing out bags with posters for Marx or walking in slow arcs with signs for fellow chief executive hopeful Robert Moore.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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At Elmhurst, a resident in a Tufts University School of Medicine zip-up wandered out to see what was going on.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Cantwell, who is listed at 6-8 and 330 pounds, arrived at UM as early as possible, graduating from high school and joining up with the Miami squad as the Hurricanes marched their way through the College Football Playoff.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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The same year, Julia Dryhybka, 45, from Kyiv, now the communication director at UAF, marched in San Diego, alongside the community from a cultural center, the House of Ukraine.—
Mariia Yastreba,
Miami Herald,
15 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 20 Apr. 2026.
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