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Definition of lopenext
as in to hop
to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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noun

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Recent Examples of lope
Verb
One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home. Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds. Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
  • Wild trekking is a popular activity, as is hopping in the car for a 15-minute drive to Waterville for lunch and an afternoon of antiquing.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
  • As more people are riding electric scooters, many cities want to regulate who can hop on one and where.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • But the bounce in oil prices due to the war has made up for that uncertainty in the short term.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Collagen and peptides bring the bounce, and a hit of soothing Centella asiatica keeps everything calm and happy.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That’s not a directive to skip screening.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The shampoo relies on mild, sulfate-free cleansers and soothing ingredients like bisabolol and glycerin to cleanse without triggering dryness or sensitivity, while skipping fragrance entirely (a major win for reactive skin).
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mythos marked a paradigm shift in AI capabilities, reportedly delivering processing power that enables superhuman coding and reasoning, a massive performance leap over previous models.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • To go deeper than the first round will require another leap.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 May 2026

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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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