as in to lope
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Recent Examples of canter
The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
This is not the same City that cantered to the last four Premier League titles in a row, nor the one that won the treble and conquered Europe in 2022.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hobbyhorse competitions feature young enthusiasts trotting, galloping, and cantering on toy horses in various disciplines, such as jumping and dressage.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
The technology involved in planar magnetic drivers is cantered around an ultra-thin diaphragm made of a polymer substrate that’s just 2µm thick.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
As Sri Lanka cantered towards 219, powered by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root was reduced to trying Stuart Broad’s bail-switching wizardry.
—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
Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
This is not the same City that cantered to the last four Premier League titles in a row, nor the one that won the treble and conquered Europe in 2022.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hobbyhorse competitions feature young enthusiasts trotting, galloping, and cantering on toy horses in various disciplines, such as jumping and dressage.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
The technology involved in planar magnetic drivers is cantered around an ultra-thin diaphragm made of a polymer substrate that’s just 2µm thick.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
As Sri Lanka cantered towards 219, powered by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root was reduced to trying Stuart Broad’s bail-switching wizardry.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canter
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Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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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
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Some people shared sightings of the galloping zebra online, while others created memes featuring the animal.—
Stephanie Guerilus,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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The horses gallop by as the bleachers start to empty out.—
Aaron Sullivan,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Back in June, after being missing for one week, a zebra named Ed was spotted trotting through residential Tennessee neighborhoods and on the highway.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Rocky, arriving fashionably late to the New York premiere on Monday, trotted down the carpet line at the BAM Harvey Theater with infectious enthusiasm.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Young also made an excellent rainbow-arched toss over a leaping defender to wideout Tetairoa McMillan to the right sideline.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Aug. 2025
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Island Packers runs daily ferries from Ventura Harbor on the mainland, one-hour voyages in which there’s always a chance to spot migrating humpback whales and leaping dolphin pods.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Work on a successor attraction is evident in the space bounded by the Rockit, Universal CityWalk, Hard Rock Cafe and the building that was once home to Blue Man Group.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
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The project is designed to provide flooding relief to the area bounded by 31st Street on the north, La Grange Road on the west, Homestead Road on the south, and the Illinois Harbor Belt railroad on the east.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
Verb
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First things first, players can skip the promo code.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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The two-time Pro Bowler skipped the first four days of camp, which resulted in a six-figure fine.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Readers have sprung to action, sharing contacts at the Ban Chiang National Museum and of family in Thailand willing to help.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
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This all sprung out of one particular part of the human population and is wrapped up in the details of human history—things such as the invention of the steam engine and the rise of capitalism.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Canter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canter. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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