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parade

[puh-rayd] / pəˈreɪd /




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Saturday's programme featured events across the city and district, culminating in the traditional carnival parade with costumes, floats, music and dance performances.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Everyone started asking me, 'What about the parade? When's the parade?'"

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

A parade of short-priced winners opened the Breeders’ Cup on Friday, with the afternoon’s heaviest favorite capturing the headline race as Hughes won the $2 million Juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

You all have to get ready for the parade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

As she was led around the ring in the grand parade, she stopped right by me where I was sitting in the front row, and reached out her trunk towards me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Haass chaired all-party talks in Northern Ireland in 2013 aimed at resolving contentious issues, including parades.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

For Edman, that’s two Octobers and two parades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The exemption is designed to apply to cars used primarily in shows, parades, charitable functions and historical exhibitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

In post parades, he was accustomed to the smooth levelness of Seabiscuit’s walk, the gentle gait of a horse that puts his hooves down carefully.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Hundreds of Orangemen paraded through the town centre, joined by bands and a crowd of supporters who were not deterred by the stormy weather.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Traditional drums, accompanied by more modern, plastic vuvuzelas, kept the energy high in the stadium after supporters had paraded through Kaduna city and danced along the streets the day before.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

During the Cold War, advanced weaponry was paraded through Red Square.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

It was shortly after the bell rang for the close of morning watch; we paraded the deck by company for the exercise of our limbs.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

You may remember the orbiter itself or the 154-foot orange fuel tank parading slowly through L.A.’s streets to reach their new home, in 2012 and 2016, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said the policing operation over the Drumcree parading dispute has cost about £3m so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

It was a move that sparked some of the most serious public disorder in Northern Ireland's history and led to a decades-long parading dispute.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Plus Lily, who is clutching my hand and parading me around like I’m the prized possession she brought to show-and-tell.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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