as in sauntering
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as in treading
to go on foot
I walked slowly to school
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as in striking
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 walking
Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Germantown resident Jan Miller agreed that the village should be a real friendly walking place with shops, restaurants and a great sidewalk in five years.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
Nick Duffy, NBC news, 20 May 2026
What was your experience walking in those shoes?
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
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Adjective
An adjoining shopping center followed in 2018, with a Publix and shops and restaurants, including Cooper’s Hawk Winery and BurgerFi, all within walking distance of the new townhouses and apartments.
—Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Germantown resident Jan Miller agreed that the village should be a real friendly walking place with shops, restaurants and a great sidewalk in five years.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
Verb
The videos show National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir walking among some of the approximately 430 detainees after their arrival on navy ships.
—Nick Duffy, NBC news, 20 May 2026
What was your experience walking in those shoes?
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walking
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The actress — who is currently treading the boards as Connie Francis in the hit Broadway musical about crooner Bobby Darin's life, Just in Time — took to Instagram Stories over the weekend to call out audience members for shouting at her during performances.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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But even the past shows signs of treading water, with the team returning to schoolgirl squabbles while their survival isn’t in immediate danger.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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And the band’s iconic red-and-white all-over aesthetic was striking to anyone with a discerning eye.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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Trump has been threatening for weeks that the ceasefire reached in mid-April could end if Iran does not make a deal, with shifting parameters for striking such an agreement.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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But most of the conversation is aimed at young people stepping between school and career.—
Suzanne Roske,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Robocalls are the phone version of stepping on a Lego barefoot.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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That’s fine if your ideal rom-com is familiar enough to enjoy while strolling room to room putting away laundry or watching via a second screen while your first displays Da Bears game.—
Hugh Hart,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
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They were later photographed strolling down the beach together.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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Woodley built Annie’s interior life largely in silence, on a replica Graceland set, wandering the rooms during lunch breaks and asking herself what a woman would actually do during two years of total isolation.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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Meanwhile, their daughter, Poppy, 11, is wandering through fields of French lavender, armed with a walkie-talkie, keeping an eye out for snakes, searching for peacocks, and hoping to run into her grandmother, who lives on the property.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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The Rangers were marching toward that goal when conflict bubbled back to the surface.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Ants in particular are marching across our picnic tables and into our homes more frequently during the warmer season.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 May 2026
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“Walking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walking. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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