parade
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Earlier this month, extreme heat disrupted Fourth of July celebrations across parts of the US, including the Washington DC parade, which was cancelled.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the airport in El-Alamein, where the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade through the coastal city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Don’t ask a soccer parent how they feel about spending weekends in sterile hotels for an endless parade of meaningless tournaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"He keeps asking if we're still going to the parade," she says with a smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Talis smiled and snapped another picture of Seven, Valley, and Thorn as they got off their parade float, which had been shaped like an enormous Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Some bonfires across Northern Ireland were lit ahead of the Orange Order's Twelfth of July parades.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
July 4 fell during a record-breaking heat wave that upended the parades, block parties and barbecues that traditionally mark Independence Day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
This was a guerrilla force, and they were soldiers who had won their stripes in the fire of batde, who cared more about fighting and tactics than dress uniforms and parades.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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France paraded its military arsenal from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées to the Place de la Concorde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Minutes earlier, the players paraded around Azteca Stadium — traditionally an impenetrable fortress — to applaud El Tri fans with tears in their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 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
He was paraded through Heathrow Airport with his wrists in shackles, and escorted onto a plane by two FBI agents.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
I turned my attention away from the woman heckling me as the soldiers paraded down the aisle with military precision.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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The dancers, costumed in their Saturday evening black-and-white vintage best, added to the parading splendor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Viral videos of Knicks fans parading in front of Madison Square Garden started trending during each playoff game.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
"But parading our military hardware shows our strength on the world stage. Perhaps we should be displaying something."
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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