goose-step

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Recent Examples of goose-step On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea. Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024 Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda. Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024 There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023 North Korea’s massive ground force, whose goose-stepping soldiers are often paraded with fanfare, substantially outsizes that of the South, but the country’s Soviet-era military equipment pales in comparison to the technologically superior weapons systems of its opponents. Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-step
Verb
  • Rescue and recovery efforts trudged on for a fifth day after devastating flooding on July 4 in central Texas sent the water of the Guadalupe River surging into nearby campgrounds and low-lying homes and cars.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 July 2025
  • Amid the devastation, first responders and volunteers trudge into muck and mud, scramble over debris piles and check emotions to poke and prod and chop and saw in search of still-missing victims.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Denver posted a 16-4 mark through the spring of ’23, sweeping the Lakers, then stomping the Heat in The Finals to finally reach the NBA’s summit.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
  • Footage shared online shows the woman stomping her feet and kicking her legs from the ground.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Pieces stamped with Wayfair's ‘Open Box’ label are carefully inspected by the retailer and then sold at a fraction of their original prices.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
  • Victory had stamped his ticket for entry into the sport’s most illustrious member’s club as just the sixth men’s golfer to complete the career grand slam of all four majors.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Verb
  • In videos from the scene, police officers are seen restraining people on the ground and making arrests as dozens of people march across the bridge from Cincinnati.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
  • The friend who spoke to CNN said relatives later told him the captives were marched 200 meters to Tishreen Square, where they were lined up and executed.
    Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • If your job is outdoors, on-site, or in places where regular tablets fear to tread, this one was built for you.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • The real pain points live where public discourse fears to tread.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Wallace stepped away from MasterChef in 2024 while allegations were investigated, but the BBC now faces a dilemma on what to do with the new series of the show, filmed with the 60-year-old last year.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025
  • The remaining six have stepped to the sidelines with a hold rating.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • For the fiction writer, stuck at the plodding speed of publishing, such a maneuver requires gauging both political velocity and cultural direction.
    Book Marks July 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • The arrests have spread fed confusion and fear, especially among asylum-seekers, who are accustomed to remaining free while their cases plod their way through the system.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Several titles have already paraded through top industry platforms such as Annecy’s MIFA, the Quirino Co-Pro Forum and Ventana Sur’s Animation!
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025
  • On Tuesday nights in the summer, old guys parade their classic cars.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025

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“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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