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was walking

  • past progressive
    of walk.
    walk
    verb (used without object)
    to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.

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Outside the stadium, I felt like I was walking on air.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

And by kickoff later that afternoon, Balogun was walking out of the tunnel alongside his teammates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

We had met on the street by chance while I was walking the dog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In fact, he talked to Barron’s while he was walking about.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Roz was walking along the bottom of another shallow sea.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown