stride

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Following in her famous sister’s footsteps as Jessica Simpson’s newlyweds reality show with then-husband Nick Lachey was hitting its stride, she had just released what would become the year’s top-selling album by a female singer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Kristen Kukta, 42 years old, a Camp Bow Wow customer, took the price increase in stride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He could stride forward and it's so hard to keep up with him.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

But U.S. stock futures indicate investors will take it in stride for now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

But before I could take one full stride, she’d shoved the cookie into her mouth and gobbled it up.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas