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[puh-reyd] / pəˈreɪd /




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The start rate for parade and pageant helpers is $26 an hour, while the start rate for stage scheduling assistants is $28.25 an hour, according to the union.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The attack took place several hundred metres away from the end of the CSD parade route and the event's main stage at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The Belfast Pride parade is making its way through the city's streets.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Even through a coat of grime the slapdash quality of the paintings was evident, with their stiff, awkwardly posed figures and dizzying parade of symbols.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

The main parades will be held in 18 venues across all six counties, with villages, towns and cities taking their turn to host their neighbouring lodge members.

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

May 1—May Day—was a Soviet workers’ holiday, a day of celebrations and parades that Khrushchev always enjoyed.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

Victims say they feel helpless seeing their prized possessions paraded like trophies online.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Doña Susana exclaimed when we paraded into the churchyard.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Then, for the first time in Commonwealth Games history, the athletes took centre stage by parading into the arena before the ceremony fully got under way.

From BBC Jul. 23, 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

Viral videos of Knicks fans parading in front of Madison Square Garden started trending during each playoff game.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

I won’t have you parading about where you might be seen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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