canters

present tense third-person singular of canter

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Verb
  • Body camera footage shows the officer repeatedly shouting at a woman to stop running as his horse, Kelly, gallops down the road.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Spruce tips and wild garlic sit in jars on the shelves, a unicorn gallops across a tapestry on one wall, and there’s a woodburning stove to gather around.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Early also stars as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 June 2026
  • Iran defender Milad Mohammadi leaps over a New Zealand defender during the second half.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • An advisor who skips all of that is missing the point entirely.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Fountain Life skips walk-in pricing almost entirely.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Oprah Winfrey bounds into view in a white dress.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Something as simple as adding a tablespoon of fresh ground flax or chia seeds to a smoothie can do leaps and bounds improvement in the microbiome itself.
    Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As the world sprints toward a greener grid, the demand for stationary storage is skyrocketing.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
  • Once Towns receives the basketball, Jalen Brunson sprints from the right side of the floor to the left to set a screen for Anunoby in the corner.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Razeen Road finally jogs east, and an automatic gate opens to allow drivers onto an unpaved road leading deeper into the desert.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Castle begins the possession on All-NBA center Karl-Anthony Towns, who jogs up top to set a screen for a fellow star, Jalen Brunson.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Canters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canters. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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