Thesaurus results for WALKED

walked

verb

past tense of walk

as in stepped

to go on foot I walked slowly to school

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as in struck

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands workers threatened to walk unless management agreed to shoulder more of the cost of health insurance

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Recent Examples of walked Also in attendance was Sarah Babb, whose daughter Madeline walked off the start line last week as well. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 After the agents released him, the student walked to school, crying and in pain. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Waiters walked around the room serving bowls of pasta with a medley of sauces. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Her mother-in-law got out of the car and walked in front of the group, directing traffic through the haze. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 Once the vehicle was parked, Pickens allegedly exited the car, walked to the driver’s side and opened the door. — Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Catcher Patrick Bailey then walked to force in a run and Seymour plunked Angel Martinez to force in another. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Ella Bleu Travolta, John’s daughter, walked the Miu Miu show, and Apple Martin, offspring of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, debuted on the runway for Chloé after fronting one of its campaigns. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Fan Bingbing and Charlotte Gainsbourg also walked the opening night carpet, along with Alfonso Cuarón, making his first official trip to Korea. — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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De Goede scored her second bounding over a ruck, prop DaLeaka Menin scored in a lineout drive, and fullback Savannah Bauder stepped two defenders in a 55-meter solo try to make it 31-17.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Betkowski temporarily stepped away from the role in 1978 and returned to California for a couple months to receive psychiatric treatment at the then-UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepped

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The attack struck the Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral in Karak, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman, on Friday.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Naz Reid struck fire midway through the fourth, executing, in quick succession, plays on both ends of the court.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of struck

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

Verb

Fans of Princess Aiko, the emperor’s sole daughter, have marched in Japan’s streets in recent weeks in support of her eligibility to become empress.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
The two candidates finalized the arguments of their campaigns on Saturday, as Lula marched along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, while Bolsonaro campaigned in a key battleground state.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026