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cavalcade

[kav-uhl-kayd, kav-uhl-kayd] / ˌkæv əlˈkeɪd, ˈkæv əlˌkeɪd /


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I tried leaning on it, hand on hip, and felt myself transformed from a geriatric sourpuss into a bemused observer of the human cavalcade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Before rushing into action, or joining the cavalcade fretting about a market bubble, remember Thanksgiving.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

But Bi is after more than elaborate dress-up, conceiving each episode as an exploration of how movies amplify and comment on life’s cavalcade of emotions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

By contrast, of the 15 losses in England's current cavalcade of clatterings in Australia sequence, three have been by an innings.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

A roadrunner chased a small lizard from the left side in front of our traveling animal cavalcade.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Dozens of floats decorated with bright garden-fresh flowers, marching bands and cavalcades of equestrians will proceed along the 5½-mile route through Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

By the halfway point, it had blown my mind twice and accumulated such cavalcades of incident that I couldn’t fathom where it had left to go — but it found places, and it went there.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

The devolution of SNL cold opens from laser-focused comedic premises like “Chevy Chase falls down” to loosely structured cavalcades of celebrity guest appearances continues apace.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2020

Crisp passing, alley-oop dunks, cavalcades of 3-pointers - what’s not to like?

From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2018

The squares, so lately crowded with equipages and cavalcades of horsemen, were silent and deserted; the closed shutters of every house, and the grass-grown steps, vouched for the absence of the owners.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever


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