trooping

present participle of troop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trooping
Verb
  • However, human-like robots with blank faces and steel legs won’t be marching onto assembly lines anytime soon.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Each academic school hosts their own ceremony, with students attending various departments — plus deans and senior leadership — all clad in their cardinal and gold regalia, marching behind their banners across the campus.
    Staff report, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The pair of bronzes, designed by James Earle Fraser, each features a nude male figure (one holding a book, the other a bundle of grain) striding next to a Pegasus.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The hosts’ fairytale run through to the final was also of note, and the triumphant Brazil side honoured them by parading the Swedish flag, rather than their own, at full time of their victory.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Seleção fans essentially took over part of the American Dream mall next to MetLife Stadium and turned it into more of a Brazilian Carnival-like scene with samba dancers, drummers and fans parading down the shopping center.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • In one video from Mailung, in Nepal’s Rasuwa region, a group of construction workers was seen walking down a mountain path before noticing giant plumes of brown debris in the distance, rapidly cascading toward them.
    Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of being whisked away by sports cars and speedboats, the pair currently rely on only their feet for transportation, walking from their prison cells along a secure, windowless pedestrian walkway to reach a courtroom for legal proceedings.
    Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That’s someone treading open water who has figured out that the only way not to drown is to never stop kicking.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • But like its tenacious relic-hunting heroine, the enduring property is always treading new ground.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Audiences loved the character, which had as much to do with Cameron’s expert pacing as the effects.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The biotechnology stock pacing for its best week on record after its rally of more than 170% on Wednesday.
    Sean Conlon,Justina Lee,Fred Imbert,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Trooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trooping. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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