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
While the thieves are not galloping away on horseback, the crime sprees evoke memories of the notorious train robberies from the Old West.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
Being the one in a relationship to feel like your horse is galloping far ahead of your partner’s can bring its own kind of anxiety and empathic pain.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Schaefer looks like a projectable No. 1-2 defenseman who covers a ton of territory, can influence play in all four corners and three zones of the rink and is never in a bad spot because of his ability to flow and gallop across the ice.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Stunning sunset views, wild horses galloping through the salty spray, and majestic sand dunes rising into the clear blue sky—every scene is more spectacular than the last.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
Being the one in a relationship to feel like your horse is galloping far ahead of your partner’s can bring its own kind of anxiety and empathic pain.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Schaefer looks like a projectable No. 1-2 defenseman who covers a ton of territory, can influence play in all four corners and three zones of the rink and is never in a bad spot because of his ability to flow and gallop across the ice.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Stunning sunset views, wild horses galloping through the salty spray, and majestic sand dunes rising into the clear blue sky—every scene is more spectacular than the last.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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Instead, Sanders and AOC have been trotting across the U.S.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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The footage showed two black cows and one brown cow trotting together on the freeway as a driver and their passenger rolled down the window to film.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Each robot also had its own human operators, usually a group of two of three who jogged alongside it throughout the race.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2025
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Whether that’s slowly jogging in a pool or trying aquatic high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is up to you.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Applicants will be selected in August, and the program will run from September through November in New York City.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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This story will run after Episode 4, but in Episode 3, clearly Dina wants something to happen in the tent.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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