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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 As Houser walked off the field, a few restless fans tossed boos in Houser’s direction. —
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 Antonacci also scored a run in the seventh, doubled, walked and was hit by a pitch for the Sox (11-15). —Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026 Miquela partnered with Prada, made out with Bella Hadid for a Calvin Klein ad, and walked the red carpet at the Grammys. —T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Zach Neto blooped a single into center to drive in one, and then Mike Trout walked to push home another. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 That includes the 49ers, who walked away with a set of three draft picks Friday that no one envisioned. —Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 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. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Brooks Lee, Kreidler and Byron Buxton walked to load the bases in the fifth. —CBS News, 18 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
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 Antonacci also scored a run in the seventh, doubled, walked and was hit by a pitch for the Sox (11-15). —Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026 Miquela partnered with Prada, made out with Bella Hadid for a Calvin Klein ad, and walked the red carpet at the Grammys. —T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Zach Neto blooped a single into center to drive in one, and then Mike Trout walked to push home another. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 That includes the 49ers, who walked away with a set of three draft picks Friday that no one envisioned. —Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 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. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Brooks Lee, Kreidler and Byron Buxton walked to load the bases in the fifth. —CBS News, 18 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
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In stepped the Atlanta surrealist Young Thug, whose main gift to songwriting has been his ease with dismantling its norms.— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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The Phillies hired Mattingly as their bench coach in January after the 65-year-old stepped away from the Toronto Blue Jays last season after being the team’s bench coach for three seasons.— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Eberechi Eze hit the post moments later after some dazzling footwork, before Erling Haaland struck the decisive goal for City five minutes later.— Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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He was struck by the team’s new facilities and the leadership in the organization.— Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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Earlier on Sunday, Sai Sudharsan continued his fine form with 87 runs off 46 balls as Gujarat Titans strolled to an eight-wicket win over host Chennai Super Kings.— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Yet, as throngs of people strolled the three-block downtown on a recent April weekend, past American flag streamers, patriotic bunting and red brick colonial buildings, there was scant visible evidence of that polarization.— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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The back parking lot, once a nasty no man’s land where drunken customers wandered off to urinate, has recently been transformed into a performance space that has hosted small gigs including Duane Betts.— Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
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But, as Chen and Shrivastava wandered a Texas restaurant conference, a Dallas heating and air company called Rescue Air found them.— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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The next morning, as part of Charles’s welcome ceremony, American military units and bands marched through rain on the South Lawn.— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis and other White nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus in 2017, shouting racist and antisemitic chants.— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 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.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/walked. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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