strut
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Three high school girls all dressed in pink strut up to the outcast in red flannel and tell her what it takes to be popular.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Dachshunds strut in ‘Sausage Walk’ during Paris fashion week.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Every four years the world's best attacking players strut their stuff as their nations try to win football's ultimate prize.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
It’s more like a random array of groups eager to strut their stuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He’s got a puffed-out chest and a strut like a peacock.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Emerging between fireworks, Kerr had strutted out on to the track, spinning a bottle, and allowed his 12 rivals to sprint away.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
While the popular girls strutted through the halls with their effortless Pinterest-inspired updos, I was applying brown eyeshadow to my scalp to disguise the sparse spots.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
The MacArthur “genius grant” winner sparkled with sartorial edge as he strutted across the stage in a white tuxedo shirt to discuss his book “Emperor of Gladness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
As he strutted into the UConn locker room after the game, he had his arm slung around Mullins’s shoulders and only one word on his mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
They did not raise their heads, not even when Six-Fingers strutted by to stand over them and check their work.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
“And then there’s some funny stuff too,” Dan explained, strutting around the store, with a sense of importance.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
If you can imagine the strutting Nicolas Cage and lithe Laura Dern of David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” but with an apartment and a kid, that’s them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
He used to build his rosters by strutting up to future NBA stars and convincing them to head from high school to his training camps in Kentucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
I suggest you stop strutting around in that dumb-looking jacket and get some culture!”
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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