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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
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025 Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged. John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
Noun
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 There is also more than a bit of repetition — scenes played in different settings, with different energies, props and clues, but making more or less the same point, even as the series lopes bit by bit toward a conclusion. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
  • The easiest way is to hop in a taxi – fares come in at around £12.
    Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Under the one-year pilot project, anyone 62 and over could hop on Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) buses for free.
    James Taylor, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Heat players and coaches pointed to a spirited locker room at halftime as one of the reasons for Monday’s bounce-back victory.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Smith, 35, is looking for a bounce-back year with the Jets after two back-to-back years with the Seahawks and then the Raiders last season.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Walsh also recommended offering more flexibility in work schedules so employees can skip the gas-guzzling gridlock of peak commute hours.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Be wary of the temptation to skip steps along the way or assume people will just get it.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • To make that leap, Cortical Labs organized a hackathon with Stanford University.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The first player to sign on to Denver Summit FC says taking the leap was an easy decision.
    Holly Santman, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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