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[strahyd] / straɪd /


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The Chargers are 0-3 and Herbert has yet to hit his stride heading into Sunday’s game at Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

U.S. stocks are taking it all in stride with futures pointing to modest gains at the open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Without the influential Tara Jane Stanley through concussion, they were odds against but with Wigan unable to get into their free-flowing stride, York's superb determination saw them over the line.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yields of 5% may be taken in stride, but hitting 5.5% or 6% on the 10-year note would be more concerning, Sockin said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Cala says under her breath as she steps into stride beside me.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

The Scottish government said it had made great strides, with its policies keeping 100,000 children out of poverty this year, but accepted there was more to do.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

OpenAI seems to be making financial strides, and that’s been seen as good news for Oracle and other artificial-intelligence stocks on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"We've made great strides, very positive for both countries," Trump told reporters as he had tea with Xi at the White House on Friday before the archives trip.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

This would require some cooperation between the two countries, as they have taken the greatest strides, and are also the leading competitors, in the new technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

After a number of strides, Achilles would be taking tiny steps that can’t get any smaller; eventually he would have to hurdle an atom that the tortoise doesn’t.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in the 17th century.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“It’s embarrassing if you don’t come with one,” Kirsty Downes, 35, said as several other Pitbull lookalikes strode through Hyde Park on the way to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Will Smith crouched, his left knee on the ground and his mitt grazing the dirt as his Team USA teammate, Mason Miller, strode towards the plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

After summoning the White House press pool, Trump strode to a podium bearing the presidential seal and, unprompted, declared that the “lies” linking her to Jeffrey Epstein had to end.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Eudora strode gracefully over to the wolf and gestured to the stone table.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

And it is into this perceived vacuum that Andy Burnham has stridden, again, to the intense irritation of Downing Street and plenty of Labour MPs.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

But already John Willie had stridden on ahead.

From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions

And Oliver, with "I don't think he'll keep me long, mother; I suppose you'll still be here when I come back?" had stridden off with a certain reluctance towards the house.

From Love and hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes

But he spake nought thereof, and strode on toward the Uttermost House, even as that other day he had stridden away from it.

From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by William Morris

Rangzen's livestream of his death shows a heavy-set man striding across a street in a traditional "chuba" robe and planting a Tibetan flag outside the UN.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Co-written by actual opera singer Vesna Aćimović, it's all about women breaking free of gender stereotypes and striding towards a new dawn.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

It will be Vance striding toward planes in photographs and Vance standing behind podiums to explain why negotiations aren’t working.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

They completed their walk in silence, and when they parted ways, Celaena quickly wished Nehemia a pleasant evening before striding to her part of the castle.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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