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Recent Examples of clomp
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
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Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Trunks opened and closed around us, Little Leaguers hoisting their bags inside, the sound of cleats clomping across cement, little boys going home.
—Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
These were the same cobblestones that Carrie Bradshaw once clomped across during her early morning walks back home from clubbing.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in NYC on Monday, March 27, in an ankle-length charcoal coat and chunky square-toe boots—the perfect outfit for clomping around town like a true New Yorker.
—Amanda Curran, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
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Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Trunks opened and closed around us, Little Leaguers hoisting their bags inside, the sound of cleats clomping across cement, little boys going home.
—Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
These were the same cobblestones that Carrie Bradshaw once clomped across during her early morning walks back home from clubbing.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in NYC on Monday, March 27, in an ankle-length charcoal coat and chunky square-toe boots—the perfect outfit for clomping around town like a true New Yorker.
—Amanda Curran, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomp
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Boston stomped the competition last season en route to winning their record 18th NBA championship.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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As the lead-in to headliners Red Clay Strays, 49 Winchester were a hard act to follow, with singer Isaac Gibson stomping about the stage while showing off the wide range of emotion in his voice.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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Smaller breeds take the field in the first quarter, and the lineup shuffles to play the larger breeds in the fourth quarter.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some of that work has been controversial, like Gov. Jeff Landry's sudden moves to shuffle homeless people out from prime downtown locations.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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Its ambling, shambling tour of crashing parties, crashing on available couches, and reluctantly crashing your way into maturity, one misadventure at a time, is not a bug but a feature here.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2024
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Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yet while some saw it as preferable to the old system, the term Hispanic still lumped together very different populations.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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This board, however, clumps the function keys into two groups.—
Josh Gulick,
PCMAG,
2 Feb. 2025
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The crescent cells aren't able to flow as freely through the veins, so they get stuck, clumping up to form blockages that result in the incapacitating pain crises Alessia endures.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
28 Dec. 2019
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There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.—
Beth Thames ,
al,
30 Oct. 2019
Verb
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Just over four years ago, the same networks covered live as a crowd of Trump supporters tramped through the Rotunda, having attacked police and breached the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Liv hesitates, does awkward stumble toward her, drops head onto Sally’s shoulder.—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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But after entering the All-Star break holding a Wild Card, Boston stumbled almost immediately in the second half.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Clomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomp. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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