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[strahyd] / straɪd /


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The Chargers are 0-3 and Herbert has yet to hit his stride heading into Sunday’s game at Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

While the gilt market took Burnham’s fiscal plans in its stride, investors will want to see the arithmetic in the October 28 autumn budget, Monex Europe analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Without the influential Tara Jane Stanley through concussion, they were odds against but with Wigan unable to get into their free-flowing stride, York's superb determination saw them over the line.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yields of 5% may be taken in stride, but hitting 5.5% or 6% on the 10-year note would be more concerning, Sockin said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

With that, he began to stride toward the house.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

“California has made important strides in expanding student supports and opportunities, but the pace of academic improvement reminds us that our work is far from finished,” Thurmond said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Scottish government said it had made great strides, with its policies keeping 100,000 children out of poverty this year, but accepted there was more to do.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

OpenAI seems to be making financial strides, and that’s been seen as good news for Oracle and other artificial-intelligence stocks on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"We've made great strides, very positive for both countries," Trump told reporters as he had tea with Xi at the White House on Friday before the archives trip.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Everyone shielded their eyes, and a few people in the hallway let out cries of alarm, but Richard ignored them all and took long strides toward the gaping maw of the closet.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in the 17th century.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“It’s embarrassing if you don’t come with one,” Kirsty Downes, 35, said as several other Pitbull lookalikes strode through Hyde Park on the way to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Outreach workers with ID lanyards strode through the trash-strewn landscape like lifeguards working against endless tides of fresh emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

When Graham Potter strode out to Sweden training last week donning a Stetson, it was a bit of fun to get into the World Cup mood as they prepared for the tournament in Texas.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Then his fingers slipped away, and he strode on ahead.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

And it is into this perceived vacuum that Andy Burnham has stridden, again, to the intense irritation of Downing Street and plenty of Labour MPs.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

A few minutes later Mr. Jeffries had gathered up his papers and had stridden past Evie Soames as if he had been unaware of her existence.

From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

What seven-league boots the world has stridden in within the memory of living men!

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Henry J. (Henry John) Coke

But he spake nought thereof, and strode on toward the Uttermost House, even as that other day he had stridden away from it.

From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by William Morris

There we discover that she is striding forward, signaling that the American project isn’t a one-off but a ceaseless effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

It will be Vance striding toward planes in photographs and Vance standing behind podiums to explain why negotiations aren’t working.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Pape Matar Sarr won the ball off Moises Caicedo before striding forward to score.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

She gives me an incredulous look, but before she can ask any questions I’m striding toward Nicodemus, quickly enough that she has to scurry to keep up with me.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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