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prances

verb

present tense third-person singular of prance

as in struts

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume

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Recent Examples of prances If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional. — Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026

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Chloe Bailey struts the streets of New York City in a fun ensemble on June 23.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026

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The movie is set in a 13th-century English village and follows the townspeople as a mysterious, folkloric creature stalks their village.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 June 2026
After realizing that a mysterious, violent creature stalks the corridors, Clark manages to escape, but something about the Backrooms compels him.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026

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Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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