parade
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A parade of ballgowns and swimsuits couldn’t compete with the decline of linear TV, the #MeToo movement and the rise of social media as a quicker pathway to fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Professor Evelyn Collins was speaking two days after a court case highlighted mistakes made by the commission in its ruling on last month's planned parade by the Orange Order to Drumcree church in Portadown.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The noise would be so loud the town might think a parade was taking place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It has been claimed the case may pave the way for a future parade on the road being permitted.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
I walk, first down Massachusetts Avenue and then down Sixteenth Street, toward the White House: gated, fenced, and with a parade of protesters slowly circling in front.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Disneyland, one of the most popular destinations for families, has long provided the employees behind its parades and costumed characters with paid leave in the weeks after they become new parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
This year, the Twelfth fell on a Sunday, which the Orange Order considers a religious day of rest, so the main parades are being held on Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence should be more than fireworks, parades and patriotic songs.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Poultney, Bhakta has become known for hosting barbecues and driving his vintage cars in Fourth of July parades while pushing an ambitious plan for redevelopment that never panned out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Music, theater, parades, and parties marked the couple’s stay on the island.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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The players were clearly delighted with their bronze medals, collected on a podium in Miami then proudly paraded for the travelling fans.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When the U.S. flag was paraded onto the pitch during the World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico City last week, jeers rained down from the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
On the balcony of his house in Indonesia, Muhammad Yusuf swayed to blaring music and waved a replica of the World Cup trophy as hundreds paraded past, many decked out in Argentina's colours.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I don’t want to be paraded around and be a sideshow,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The soldiers were paraded so close to the house, which stood flush with the sidewalkless street, that Johnny at first thought they must be in the room.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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But that’s a lot of big ifs stuffed into a trenchcoat, parading around social media as an inevitability.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bonfires are lit annually in some unionist areas across Northern Ireland in July to usher in the Twelfth of July, the main date in the parading season.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The dancers, costumed in their Saturday evening black-and-white vintage best, added to the parading splendor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
It must have made an impression on a teenage boy parading and drilling in a uniform on the outskirts of West Point.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Within minutes, he had spotted a young soldier parading among the new vendors with his chin in the sky.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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