march-past

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He invited Donald Trump for the 2017 celebrations, and the then U.S. president was so impressed by the French march-past that he asked Pentagon officials to explore a similar parade in celebration of American troops.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2023

First comes the plot: no longer some local difficulty but a ramshackle tale involving the putative murder of Kate Moss—little more than an excuse, it turns out, for a march-past of middle-ranking celebrities.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2016

Veterans took part in a march-past and military bands played a series of pieces.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2015

In Glasgow, the prime minister and the Prince of Wales will attend a Commonwealth service, followed by a procession and march-past.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2014

We seemed to move in the midst of a stage army, the same few hundred men, women, and dowagers reappearing in an endless march-past.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen