Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantering
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With the enthusiastic Sun loping into your 9th House of Mental Expansion, curiosity is about to become your best guide.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026 -
This addictive, loping track is one of the best and strangest songs from the artist’s fifth album.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Brave the wait, and you’ll be greeted by the scent of simmering garlic, Giants decor, and taxidermied marlin leaping off the walls.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Silver carp, in particular, are infamous for leaping out of the water when startled by boat motors, sometimes striking boaters.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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Mars is bounding into your partnership zone, which invites assertive boundary talks that protect your generous spirit while keeping agreements fair for all involved parties.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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There might be nothing more adorable than the sight of a fluffy puppy or kitten bounding around the corner to surprise its new owner.—
Terry Ward,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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The commercial begins with a Clydesdale foal greeting the morning by galloping out of their stable into the fields.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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No jacked-up, galloping warriors wielding bow and arrow.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The area is so nationally notorious that the Border Patrol chose it to stage an invasion here in July, complete with a literal cavalry of agents trotting down a soccer field where kids usually play while National Guard troops sat inside armored Humvees on Wilshire Boulevard.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Starring Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Pope, Anthony Ramos and Ashton Kutcher, The Beauty explores the secret, privileged and dark realms of vanity and perfection-seeking within a globe-trotting crime thriller backdrop.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Everybody’s scrolling and everybody’s skipping, but to actually sit down, put a record on and consume it, that’s a very romantic idea.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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Rauw, a 33-year-old San Jaun romantic, had a breakthrough after a breakup, skipping coolly across genres and balancing electronic and acoustic arrangements following a split with Rosalia; even in polar vortex hell, Karol G’s Tropicoqueta goes over like a glass of concentrated essence of summer.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Ian Moore backhanded a loose puck out of the Anaheim zone, springing Poehling on a breakaway.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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While weather models could change, schools around metro Atlanta are also springing into action to be ready for a serious situation.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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After Murray assisted a Watson 3-pointer with seven seconds left, LeBron James tried sprinting coast-to-coast to beat the clock.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Cantering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantering. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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