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[strahyd] / straɪd /


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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

Then Stafford hit him in stride for a 64-yard monster gain on the Rams’ third drive, which set up Kyren Williams’ 10-yard touchdown reception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"It is one of those things that you have to take in your stride, but I am happy it is all done and I can focus on the rugby."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

Her legs screamed in protest with every stride, but she pushed to stay on Mama’s heels.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"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

Chinese carmakers logged strong growth in European sales once again last month, making strides in winning over drivers on the continent as domestic rivals struggle to remain competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But by making strides in integrating agency, belonging and cause into your life, you pave the way for a smooth transition.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

As poster boy Armand Duplantis performed the Ultimate Championship's official song and fireworks lit up the sky above the newly crowned winners, athletics had taken its first strides in a new direction.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The ocean breeze was cold against their faces, and their strides fell into a steady matching rhythm.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

Traore has remained cool, calm and collected throughout his journey, even when he strode on to the NFL Draft stage.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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

A spotlight brightened on a podium as a tall man in a blue suit strode onto the stage.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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 Foster was a man not easily daunted by such things, and he had stridden on manfully, fully occupied by his own thoughts, till he reached the stile where the footpath to the ruins began.

From True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by D. A. Helm

For just then I nearly jumped out of my chair on hearing the major’s voice asking for Captain Brace, and the next moment he had stridden into the room.

From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by William Heysham Overend

Quick as lightning, the Wondersmith had stridden a few paces, and grasped the poor cripple, who was yet quivering with the departing thunder of his passion.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

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

Two wickets down, next to no runs on the board, Root striding down the steps and stretching at the boundary's edge before sprinting halfway to the crease.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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

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

Down the cleared path now, striding large, feather nodding in time with each long step, came Old Tallow.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich


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