CANTERING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

cantering

verb

present participle of canter

as in loping

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Typical is a homeowner’s video from the other day of a coyote loping down a driveway in DeKalb’s Glendale Courts area.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Gradually, though, dubby hand percussion rises up from the deep, and soon a truculent, alien-sounding riff and loping dancehall cadence spin the compass point back toward Batu’s Bristol.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

Definition of loping

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Clear blue skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus, where a cool breeze is wafting by and the official mascots are bounding about the grounds in search of critters.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
The old ranch hand cut a surprisingly sprightly figure in his warehouselike clinic, bounding from room to room.

— Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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We were greeted at the gate by three galloping horses and over a dozen hounds, who gracefully led us to the castle, where we were met by the delightful staff.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
On the title track, galloping rhythms and lingering lap steel notes conjure the image of a condor soaring overhead.

— Cata Balzano, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

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Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Raccoon City is but one setting in the video games’ globe-trotting canon.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of trotting

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Anonymous study participants on retatrutide have also reported skipping doses as a result of side effects, as well as concerns about rapid rates of weight loss, according to reporting by STAT.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
The cost of skipping this work might gain deployment speed initially but comes with complexity debt.

— Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of skipping

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And beyond the line, the Bruins’ wide receivers, tight ends and running backs have excelled in the run blocking department, putting their bodies on the line for explosive ground plays and sprinting down field to help the backs get extra yards.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Kiffin started sprinting down the sideline while Leavitt's fourth-down pass was in the air, having seen the Aggies freeze on a play fake as Harris sprinted into the open down the middle of the field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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