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Now, one state attorney general with an outsize personality and edge-skating stance nearly in the league of Elon Musk is striding into the maelstrom of Musk’s $44 billion now-tenuous bid for Twitter.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

She is striding across the great outdoors, and she is smiling and she is saying hello but singing it “Heh-LOOOW!” like she is delighted and excited to talk to you.

From New York Times • May 28, 2020

The next thing I remember is striding and tumbling down a side of the mountain covered in deep gravel, grabbing bushes to slow myself.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

Nadal is striding purposefully back to his chair, safe in the knowledge that normal service has been resumed.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2018

Mr. Yardley has spotted us and is striding over.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish