as in trots
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallops
Spruce tips and wild garlic sit in jars on the shelves, a unicorn gallops across a tapestry on one wall, and there’s a woodburning stove to gather around.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
But the cast gallops right past the clichés.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
But the cast gallops right past the clichés.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallops
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After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
21 Nov. 2025
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Joel Edgerton jogs past me into a bathroom.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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Kirk Cousins #18 of the Atlanta Falcons jogs off the field after his team's 15-9 win against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on December 16, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The festival runs from May 4 to May 10.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Using a synesthetic logic all his own, Torres explains why Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson is orange, Catholicism is purple, and navy blue is the nefarious color that secretly runs the world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Gallops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallops. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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