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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.
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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
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
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In the last 26 years, Larson has trudged to that luggage area thousands of times.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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The walk over here had taken me three hours, trudging uphill on a gravel road.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Kiki Platform Mary Jane Few shoes have stomped their way into the fashion lexicon quite as rapidly as Marc Jacobs’s Kiki platforms.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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Witnesses on the flight told authorities Augustin was stomping, yelling, shaking and being incoherent, the document continued.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The top of the blade is stamped with tiny crescent moons and stars, while geometric patterns run the rest of its length.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Kansas City Royals superstar Salvador Perez stamped the club’s 11-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers with his first home run.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Students stood in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. King Hall and marched their way across campus, shouting protest chants in the quad nearby the law school.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Part One, when she was glimpsed marching down the yellow brick road with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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From our perspective on and around Earth, wavelengths of light emanating from cosmic objects actually go from the bluer section of the spectrum to the red section, and then tread into infrared waters.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Leaders must tread carefully and purposefully, taking small steps and providing opportunities to rebuild relationships across the organization.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The former is a crime thriller about a former baseball player (Austin Butler) who gets caught up in New York City’s underworld in the 1990s, while the latter is a romantic fantasy that follows two middle aged people who step through a magical portal into their past lives.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hart stepped off the rubber and threw to Machado for an easy out.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Dark Souls’ plodding sword-and-board combat disappeared in favor of a lightning fast rhythm of slashes, bullets, and dodges.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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This track is a standout on what is generally another great album from him, with features from the legend Olamide and rising voice Qing Madi, among others, and this one layers a classic Afrobeats drum pattern with a plodding groove, letting his voice lead the charge.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Israel had delayed the release of more than 600 Palestinians after Hamas on Saturday paraded freed Israeli hostages in what Israeli officials described as a humiliating manner at ceremonies in Gaza ahead of their release.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Israelis remain deeply traumatized by the October assault, and the return of the Bibas boys, coupled with the uncertainty about their mother’s whereabouts and the disrespectful way that Hamas paraded their coffins on Thursday, revived the torment.—
Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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