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parade

[puh-rayd] / pəˈreɪd /




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Milwaukee sent a parade of four relievers to the mound for a second straight game Monday, and for a second straight game they didn’t give up a run, retiring the last 15 Dodgers in order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Earlier at the High Court, an Orange Order challenge to a decision to ban the Drumcree parade was delayed after Northern Ireland's police chief Jon Boutcher was added to the case.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

O'Neill has defended her involvement, saying she was standing with the local community in opposition to an Orange Order parade through the area.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“The kids are hoping to return Main Street Fest to what it once was—a celebration of our community. Following the annual parade, there’ll be a rally at Griggs’ Rigs Racing.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

The Orange Order, the most prominent of the loyal orders associated with Protestants in Northern Ireland, holds thousands of parades every year and the vast majority pass off without incident.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

A residents group in Portadown has accused the Orange Order of putting their community "through hell" with parades.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Alicante has music for lunch, music for dancing, music for parades.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

Auntie Idris asks, and I’m supposing she means about the parades tomorrow.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

On Sunday, drivers paraded across the main thoroughfares of Semnan, a city east of Tehran, blocking traffic, according to footage verified by Storyful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dozens of people also paraded through the village on "salengs" -- scooters with sidecars used locally to transport coconuts -- brandishing placards featuring images of healthy, smiling livers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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

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

A box of new paints, a butter-yellow silk saree, a gray woolen shawl, and a pot of juicy roshogollah paraded before her eyes.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

It was a body set up to resolve parading disputes, not to restart them.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Not for the first time parading, policing and power-sharing are colliding and finding the route out of this row isn't yet obvious.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

But that’s a lot of big ifs stuffed into a trenchcoat, parading around social media as an inevitability.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 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

“We can’t let her keep parading around like this, asking everybody questions, can we?”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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