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
All while galloping and tiptoeing and high-kicking to his heart’s content.
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
By assessing challenges and opportunities, banks can gallop out of these.
—Mohamed Madkour, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As the French Republican Guard horses in training galloped around Hermès backstage tents at Garde Républicaine this morning, inside, the runway canvas was being prepped.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
For training and events, the 89,000-square-foot arena keeps your galloping companions on point alongside a 15-stall barn and a hay barn.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 July 2024
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
By assessing challenges and opportunities, banks can gallop out of these.
—Mohamed Madkour, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As the French Republican Guard horses in training galloped around Hermès backstage tents at Garde Républicaine this morning, inside, the runway canvas was being prepped.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
For training and events, the 89,000-square-foot arena keeps your galloping companions on point alongside a 15-stall barn and a hay barn.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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That was why the warriors Spotted Tail, Long Chin and Red Leaf trotted on their horses into Fort Laramie a few weeks later.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Security surveillance video showed two hooded men jogging up to the home before the slaying.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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International fans in the area quickly got wise after Jokic left the court, though: By the time Jayson Tatum was jogging off a few minutes later, a crowd had formed near the exact spot where Jokic had made someone’s day.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
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Exasperated Cowboys want explanation for no-call on 49ers’ key touchdown pass Ricky Pearsall • WR Wide open most of the game, Pearsall looked like the perfect Niners’ receiver on his 46-yard touchdown catch, running a deep dig behind the linebackers.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Elsa works at a nursing home her mom runs, but her days and nights are spent memorializing Franck, spray-painting F on statues around town, where her brother is a kind of local folk hero.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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