in stride
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He got the save, then took the win in stride in his first season playing high school baseball, explaining, “We know we’re supposed to win every time we step on the field.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Stocks have taken higher oil prices in stride so far.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Thrifty Traveler’s mistake-fare fans took the flight cancellation in stride, Potter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Neither the city nor the theater are the stuff of a young woman’s dreams, but Stella takes tragedy and poverty in stride as she aims—mostly inaccurately—for stardom on the boards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The children seemed to take their new home in stride.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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