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Recent Examples of goose-step
On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea.
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Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
North Korea’s massive ground force, whose goose-stepping soldiers are often paraded with fanfare, substantially outsizes that of the South, but the country’s Soviet-era military equipment pales in comparison to the technologically superior weapons systems of its opponents.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
North Korea’s massive ground force, whose goose-stepping soldiers are often paraded with fanfare, substantially outsizes that of the South, but the country’s Soviet-era military equipment pales in comparison to the technologically superior weapons systems of its opponents.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-step
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After the unsuccessful attempt, the seat stealer grabbed her three personal items and trudged four rows back to sit across from the OP.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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City, in contrast, trudge on through a season that is not far off a total write-off.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Warren’s deep, husky voice frees himself from the blame of an unhealthy relationship over a stomping piano beat.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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Boston stomped the competition last season en route to winning their record 18th NBA championship.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Servers glide around with champagne on silver trays, hors d’oeuvres are stamped with the omnipresent B and dancers in golden bodysuits undulate with glowing orange orbs in homage to bitcoin’s signature hue.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The group then marched to CUNY’s City College in Harlem, where Gov. Hochul was scheduled to speak at a workforce event that was called off at the eleventh hour.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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In March 1913, thousands of women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., the day before the presidential inauguration in protest of women’s disenfranchisement in elections.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The looming tariff prospects have caused uneasiness among investors, with the S & P 500 treading water through a volatile first two months of the year.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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More to Read Review: ‘Bacon’ treads the line between love and abuse for teenage boys in a Rogue Machine powerhouse Feb. 12, 2025 Douglas Lyons writes comedies centering Black women.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The leaders who endure aren’t those who cling to past glories or judge others—they’re the ones willing to step outside their comfort zones, immerse themselves in different cultures and environments, and adapt without losing their essence.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Rather than Ukraine forcing Russia into talks, Moscow appeared to be stepping around Kyiv, talking instead to its most powerful ally, which is now led by Trump.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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McConnell's plodding style contrasts with Trump's bravado, but the former Senate Republican leader set aside intraparty slings and arrows long enough to transform the federal judiciary and ease Trump's three Supreme Court nominees' paths to confirmation.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Daemon the King Consort, hold the consort, please, plods through Harrenhal in a maze of his own nightmares.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
21 July 2024
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After all, this is a man who just last week, paraded wife Bianca Censori nude on the Grammys red carpet.—
David Oliver,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami were paraded by Hamas militants during a handover ceremony on Saturday, the three latest Israeli hostages to be freed by the militant group since the implementation of the ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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