as in to lope
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As Sri Lanka cantered towards 219, powered by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root was reduced to trying Stuart Broad’s bail-switching wizardry.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The horses were draped in colorful Hermès scarves and cantered around the plaza in front of the guests.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
In March, Pieper was elated when Dax briefly cantered but then realized Dax was actually just playfully biting the butt of the horse in front of him.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
In the week prior to the auction, the two-year-olds get under tack and a rider takes them on the track’s backstretch, first walking, then cantering, then galloping into the final turn, then picking up speed and sprinting flat out over the last eighth of a mile.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Prince Harry is cantering into the weekend with a charity polo match as Meghan Markle cheers him on in Florida.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Footage captured by bystanders shows a Harriot II employee jumping in the river and swimming to Pickett’s aid, a group of three men cantering up to join the fight, and even a pair of white Crocs being turned into anklets by the sheer force of body slams.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
Sometime during the process, a fox went cantering past, heading from the direction of the public beach toward the wilderness to the west.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
This morning’s Stella McCartney show featured one of the moments of the season: Alongside her models were seven gorgeous horses—many of them siblings—who cantered, rolled in the sand, bowed, and behaved extraordinarily and beautifully.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The horses were draped in colorful Hermès scarves and cantered around the plaza in front of the guests.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
In March, Pieper was elated when Dax briefly cantered but then realized Dax was actually just playfully biting the butt of the horse in front of him.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
In the week prior to the auction, the two-year-olds get under tack and a rider takes them on the track’s backstretch, first walking, then cantering, then galloping into the final turn, then picking up speed and sprinting flat out over the last eighth of a mile.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Prince Harry is cantering into the weekend with a charity polo match as Meghan Markle cheers him on in Florida.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Footage captured by bystanders shows a Harriot II employee jumping in the river and swimming to Pickett’s aid, a group of three men cantering up to join the fight, and even a pair of white Crocs being turned into anklets by the sheer force of body slams.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
Sometime during the process, a fox went cantering past, heading from the direction of the public beach toward the wilderness to the west.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
This morning’s Stella McCartney show featured one of the moments of the season: Alongside her models were seven gorgeous horses—many of them siblings—who cantered, rolled in the sand, bowed, and behaved extraordinarily and beautifully.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Canter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canter. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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