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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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Before the game, Carson Palmer was walking around the field feeling excited and confident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Libby Lenkinski was walking toward Union Square in New York City last week on the evening of Oct.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The pope was walking and eating Wednesday after the operation, and post-surgery tests showed his progress was normal, his doctors said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The trip back took six hours, because he was walking with 70 pounds of food—though there was no meat available to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Roz was walking along the bottom of another shallow sea.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown