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stride

[strahyd] / straɪd /


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Monday leaned down, grabbed the flag without breaking stride, and delivered it to pitcher Doug Rau in the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The sentence structure hit its stride in the second half of 2025, with AlphaSense logging instances of this phrasing in company documents more than once a business day.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Kwon and his team added that they believe the AI bull run in stocks could soon hit its stride, as firms finally find a way to monetize the technology.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

My wife complained that I tended to stride ahead of her—so I changed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I take a long swig of my filtered water—Farmer and Ti Jean haven’t drunk anything yet—as we stride across a ridge through yellow grass.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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