bestride

For the protectionist president, who promises always to put America First, has in recent days instead been busy bestriding the world stage.

Casemiro, a sad and fading shadow of the great player who bestrode Real Madrid's midfield through their Champions League glories, simply strolled out.

He bestrode the tabloid newspapers and craved headlines and front pages.

If things were as United believes they should be, and England’s biggest club was bestriding the Premier League like a colossus, then the hiring of an executive would be little more than a footnote.

Immaculately groomed and entirely self-possessed, Siobhan bestrides the world of public relations like an expertly contoured colossus.