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as in diarrhea
trots plural
abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools
ate something that gave us the trots
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as in to jog
to go at a pace faster than a walk
had to trot to keep up with the tour guide's quick pace trotted around the bases after hitting a home run
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as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
now trot along and get washed up for supper
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Recent Examples of trot
Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The 61-year-old woman urged her donkey into a trot.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Gil MacIas, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Our Beau excitedly trots to my daughter's room daily looking for his sister and has for two years.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
People on horseback trot through residential streets and the McDonald’s drive-through.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The 61-year-old woman urged her donkey into a trot.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
Even though McConaughey and his family have deeply planted their roots in Texas, that’s not going to stop him from trotting the globe.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Our Beau excitedly trots to my daughter's room daily looking for his sister and has for two years.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trot
Noun
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The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2024
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Oh, and Jen is also there, dressed as the hag form of the Evil Queen from Snow White.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2024
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Only 74 participants completed all stages of the study; 15 (nine in the BSE group and six in the placebo group) dropped out due to gastrointestinal side effects, including nausea and vomiting, reflux, and diarrhea.—
Paul McClure
February 23,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
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Broad-spectrum antibiotics have numerous side effects, including liver inflammation, bone marrow suppression, and debilitating (and sometimes deadly) diarrhea from Clostridium difficile.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Among others, to the bench jogged Dejan Joveljic, the two passing like ships in the night.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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Looking serious, Malaika moves through tai chi forms, Nico jogs by, smiles, stops, jogs back, beaming.—
Lisa Kennedy,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Losing at this point is very expensive, because all the teams are racing [for the title] and we...—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has canceled the lease for the U.S. attorney's office in Corpus Christi, leaving prosecutors racing to find a new workplace.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Miller’s 1953 play is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-93.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The ancient Greek epic illustrates a true hero’s journey as the titular figure faces Polyphemus the Cyclops, Sirens, the nymph Calypso and the witch goddess Circe in the treacherous oceans that separate him from his island home and wife Penelope.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2025
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Later, the Vice President met with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany’s nationalist AfD party, some of whose officials have downplayed the Holocaust and embraced Nazi rhetoric, and which has run second in pre-election polling.—
Massimo Calabresi/Dachau,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Mitchell recently signed off from her early afternoon show, which had run since 2008, but is continuing on the NBC News side as chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some experts have warned that Trump's agenda might speed up the program's insolvency.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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An automobile sped around another car stopped for crossing signals on Wisconsin Highway 14 near Kenosha and into the path of a Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad electric passenger train heading south for Chicago at 70 mph.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Only a Basque thoroughbred is galloping into contention, and there may now be room for four.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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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
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“Trot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trot. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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