Past riddles

I ponder 'to be' upon a stage, yet I'm no larger than a cluster of homes. What name am I?

I grow in sun and sweeten your tea; I also steady steps when legs disagree. What am I?

I snap beneath boots yet, when spoken, you might finally get it. What am I?

I can hold your things or end your career. What am I?

I am footsteps with leisure, time stretched in small strides—no race, no route, just easy...

Hired to guide you home or paid to keep you near; sometimes a car, sometimes a companion....

I move your car, hold your photos, and push you toward a goal. What am I?

I leave a silver trail but wear no shoe; I'm the word for a single, hard-hit too. What am...

I can be a celebration or a strike. What am I?

I sing without a throat and play without a mouth; on a pitch I'm cheered, in grass I'm hea...