How to Use on parade in a Sentence
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Eager for its readers to join in the chortling, The Gringa doesn’t miss a chance to put Leo’s self-serving, liberal bad faith on parade.
—Andrew Altschul, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
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Upon returning to the palace, their majesties will receive a royal salute from the members of the armed forces who have been on parade that day.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
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Thomas Lucas, the 9-year-old son of a Welsh Guard on parade, made his acrobatic move just a few feet away from the royal.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
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Another day, a loon family of three sailed past me, as proudly as if on parade.
—Susan Lapinski, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
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Black women have long ridden with Black men’s Carnival krewes, whose members ride on parade floats and toss trinkets to the crowds.
—Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
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On skid row, the terrain is harsh, a drug market flourishes amid the squalor, and physical and mental distress are on parade.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
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As Cheryl Miller observed, the worldview on parade inculcates fear and cowardice.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 14 Dec. 2020
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Park early: Street parking and surface lots around Michigan Avenue will fill up fast on parade day.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
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This makes a lot of sense to Renato Sorriso, a street cleaner who, for many years, has swept the Rio sambadrome during intervals on parade nights.
—Beatriz Miranda, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2022
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As the Jubilee celebrations start, the British royals are firmly on parade.
—Vogue, 3 June 2022
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Avoiding heavy crowds on parade routes is possible with a little planning, too.
—Chelsea Brasted, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
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Look up, five planets on parade in night time sky 00:34 There will be another alignment later in the summer, according to Star Walk.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 June 2023
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Russian tanks, missiles and armored vehicles on parade were painted with an orange and black stripe to connote the St George’s ribbon.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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Our solar system’s planets are on parade and most are visible without a telescope.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 5 July 2021
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The arrangement of the wires, coils, magnets, and insulators that step the voltage of AC current up or down brings to mind a college marching band or a military regiment on parade.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2023
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Each Krewe builds a float to represent their specific theme on parade days, and many include a celebrity guest in their celebrations to regale their audience.
—Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2022
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Between sets, indulge in a massage, stretch out in a yoga class, join a meditation practice, shop in a massive craft market, take a drum lesson, or just post up with a drink and admire the mind-blowing fashions on parade.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2023
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But there are all kinds of archival goodies on parade, and this is incidentally a history of a century of American life, which the Mouse, as character and symbol, could not help but reflect.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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Each offers forensic evidence of patriarchy on parade, along with all the other forces of domination.
—Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
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Across the red carpet and after parties, there were barely-there bandeau tops, salmon satin dinner jackets, a surprising proliferation of capes and at least one bow-tie with googly eyes on parade.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
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Universal’s Mardi Gras celebration is in full swing, with its sparkle, stilts on parade, concerts and international cuisine.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
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More information on parade festivities at detroitstpatricksparade.com.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
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