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as in dance
a social gathering for dancing
back in those days taking someone to the school hop was a big deal
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as in to jump
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
the frog hopped back into the pond the bus stopped, a lone passenger hopped on, and the driver continued on his way
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Recent Examples of hop
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The Dance Center’s hip hop festival The B-Series kicks off Feb. 27, opening a spring season that also includes a suite of solo performances March 13-15 by Nora Sharp and Jenn Freeman, aka Po’Chop.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Absolutely giddy, Wilder hopped into the passenger seat a Mini Cooper convertible, priced at $41,200, and honked the horn.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
One of Grace's hops is expected to be into a small crater about a quarter-mile from the landing site, which would mark the first time that an area where the sun has never shone has been explored, according to Intuitive Machines.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The Dance Center’s hip hop festival The B-Series kicks off Feb. 27, opening a spring season that also includes a suite of solo performances March 13-15 by Nora Sharp and Jenn Freeman, aka Po’Chop.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
The slasher hopped on a downtown Q train and was later taken into custody at the Times Square-42 St. station, cops said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Absolutely giddy, Wilder hopped into the passenger seat a Mini Cooper convertible, priced at $41,200, and honked the horn.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hop
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Share Art Or Surprise Performances In High-Traffic Areas Engage potential customers in unique, memorable ways with things like chalk art, flash mobs or surprise dance performances in high-traffic areas.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Each year in May, this park and the surrounding theatre venues are incubators and platforms for emerging artists to debut plays, dances, and live performances at the Orlando Fringe Festival, the longest-running Fringe in the United States.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2025
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Pop-Up Stores Bring Retail Theater To Life Before taking the leap and opening permanent store locations, relatively young brands ill organize pop-ups for a limited amount of time to cement customer interaction.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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George's tenure at TSU is in line with a trend of NFL greats taking on head coaching jobs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), before making the leap to a school that competes at the FBS level.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
9 Mar. 2025
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After skipping most of the awards shows she was invited to before her tweets were discovered, Gascón is expected to attend the Oscars on Sunday, Variety reported.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The procurement org that skipped over patients at the highest rate over the past two years is Lifebanc, located in Warrensville Heights.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Pride jumped out to a 22-3 at the end of the first, had a 40-16 advantage at intermission and led 60-25 lead after the third.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week jumped to 242,000, the highest in three months.—
Steven Lemongello,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Pasadena high school seniors, Steve Carell has a surprise for you: free prom tickets.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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The prom is a rite of passage, and so many kids would not have been able to pay the approximately $150 fee.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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On June 20, 2024, the plane made a hard landing just short of a runway in McAlester, Oklahoma, before bouncing several times, causing the left main landing gear's tires to burst.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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He’s bounced from Long Island to Vancouver to Chicago to Nashville to the Penguins in the past three seasons.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The grant money is paying to remove vegetation along a 100-foot perimeter at the upper part of the coastal canyon Buck Gully Reserve, which is 1,200 acres and bounded by homes, roadways and the Pelican Hills Golf Course.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
27 Feb. 2025
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When that happens, the algorithm is deemed optimal — inexorably bounded from above and below, leaving no room for further refinement.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Hop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hop. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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