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Recent Examples of walkover
Noun
For amenities like restrooms, a handicap accessible walkover, ample parking, and a lifeguard on duty, consider the Santa Clara Regional beach access. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025 The Texans had a walkover win over a flawed Chargers team that wasn’t ready to play playoff football. Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025 Subsequent slides featured the actor working out, goofing off a bit on set, doing an impressive front walkover — and a hilarious image of Grande's dress getting caught in the groin of his pants! Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024 The old Dragon Quest games weren’t exactly a walkover and were often quite technical, even with their limited options available. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for walkover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkover
Noun
  • Those talks led to semi-free elections where Solidarity candidates won a landslide victory.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The popular 53-year-old mayor, who won his position by a landslide in spring 2024 local elections, was seen as Erdogan’s most serious rival for the Turkish presidency.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Leesburg 19-19, Eastside 4-3 Buzz: Brianna Tozer went 2 for 5 with a double and 5 RBIs for Leesburg (12-4) in Game 1 of the doubleheader sweep while Hailey Toothaker went 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs.
    Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The Padres can start the season with a four-game sweep over the Braves with a win on Sunday.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Illini took a few blowout losses in February and March (to admittedly strong opponents in Maryland, Duke, Wisconsin and Michigan State).
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The Gators are in the midst of a dominant stretch including blowout wins over some of the top teams in the country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd star in the comedy/horror romp that opens Friday.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The day’s excursions go beyond off-roading romps; stops include scenic outlooks, a catered lunch, sand surfing at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, and an available horseback-riding experience.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Tkachuk finished the game but only played a season-low 13:23 in the victory with most of his third-period shifts lasting around 30 seconds.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been a key text for entrepreneurs in their business strategy and sports coaches in their pursuit of victory.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An initial assessment suggests the items were buried around the time of the Roman conquest of southern Britain, in the first century AD.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The conquest of love will not be abstract but vividly concrete for everyone, especially young people, and soon.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Though if Minnesota were to sell on the lower end, say for $1.5 billion, its walkaway number would be much lower unless the potential buyer agreed to absorb all of the debt, a scenario that is unlikely.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Walkover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkover. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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