as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallop
Only a Basque thoroughbred is galloping into contention, and there may now be room for four.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Hall, whose creativity from left-back has added a fresh dimension to Newcastle’s attack this season, was once again involved, sending the galloping Joe Willock into a foot race with Chris Wood.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Oleksiy Levchenko wasn’t worried when his fiancée Anastasia Savka fell off a galloping horse during a film shoot in Kyiv, Ukraine, this summer.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Perhaps that was exactly the tune-up the Ponies needed to gallop deep into the playoffs.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Hall, whose creativity from left-back has added a fresh dimension to Newcastle’s attack this season, was once again involved, sending the galloping Joe Willock into a foot race with Chris Wood.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Oleksiy Levchenko wasn’t worried when his fiancée Anastasia Savka fell off a galloping horse during a film shoot in Kyiv, Ukraine, this summer.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Perhaps that was exactly the tune-up the Ponies needed to gallop deep into the playoffs.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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Nash was undeterred, trotting over curbs, between cars, across medians and through the McDonald’s drive-thru, video shows.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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And one dog joined in the bird flock: The beloved Hector bag, in mini, baguette and regular sizes, trotted down the runway on multiple looks as well.—
Anika Reed,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Zuckerberg has studied Mandarin, met with China's propaganda chief, and posted photos of himself jogging through Beijing's Tiananmen Square in heavy smog.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was brutally murdered while jogging on a trail in nearby Bel Air.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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Hardman, who played collegiately at Georgia, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Lionsgate Canada and Piller/Segan are making it for Corus Entertainment network Global, reuniting the trio four year after the end of Private Eyes, which ran from 2016-2021.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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