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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
Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Hip-hop don’t belong there anyway!
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
Hoppers is about a sharp young girl named Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) who uses cutting-edge technology to literally hop her consciousness into a robotic beaver.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Island-hop to North Stradbroke or Moreton Island, where turquoise surf, wild dunes, and beach shacks feel untouched by time.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Hip-hop don’t belong there anyway!
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
Excitons could hop between them.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
Hoppers is about a sharp young girl named Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) who uses cutting-edge technology to literally hop her consciousness into a robotic beaver.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hop
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As a three-time UDA All American, 2025 Miss Raiderette and captain of both the Game Day and competition dance teams, Lily leads with enthusiasm, teamwork and compassion.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their throbbing dance videos are shot in mansions and on yachts.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The boy quickly ascends the interior staircase, rushes into the corridor and clears the steps to the garret in three leaps.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Last year, Colorado made the leap to the Big 12 Conference.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Most were teenagers skipping school, though there was a scattering of grown-ups and a couple of families with younger children.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those numbers might seem small, but across a state of nearly eight million people, the gap represents thousands who are delaying or skipping care altogether.—
Sixteen Ramos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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That’s why the team turned to look into how these insects transition between jumping, flapping, and gliding.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The new season of Prime Video's high-octane thriller jumps eight years ahead of the explosive Season 1 finale with Pine running a quiet surveillance unit in London under the alias Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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From low-rise jeans and velvet tracksuits to straightened hair and group shots at school sports games, prom, and campus hangouts, the photos show a life that mirrors teen comedies from the era likely featuring Amanda Bynes, Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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In addition to attending prom together, the couple have made appearances at select red carpet events together, including the season 4 premiere of Stranger Things in 2022.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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Yates subsequently joined the San Diego Padres and enjoyed the longest sustained success of his career before bouncing to Atlanta, Texas and the Dodgers over the past three seasons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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The first goal was on a bouncing puck in front of the net that DeBrusk made a play on.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Below, Holmes speaks to Deadline in depth about the festival’s first 15 years of operations, including her battles with studios and distributors to secure films, programming across the film and art space, and her plans for the festival’s future.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The festival featured a range of 252 titles (comprising features, shorts, series and immersive works) hailing from 79 countries this year, with 41 percent of works from female and non-binary filmmakers.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The restricted area is bounded by State Route 237 to the north, Calabazas Creek to the west, Highway 101 and Montague Expressway to the south and the Guadalupe River to the east.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The committee’s mission is to protect the quality of life within Oak Lawn, generally bounded within Woodall Rodgers Freeway, North Central Expressway, Highland Park, Inwood Road, Harry Hines Boulevard and Oak Lawn Avenue.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Hop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hop. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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