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Noun
The tiny Greek island, only 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, has been renowned for generations as a dreamy, car-free outpost where the only traffic sound is the clip-clop of donkey hooves and the most stressful decision is which white wine to choose with dinner.—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025 There’s something special about salty ocean breezes paired with the clip-clop of horse hooves.—AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024 The camera’s pretty static, the characters’ are pretty goofy-looking to the contemporary eye, the story unfolds at the clip-clop pace of carriage horses who do not actually want to go through the pass into Transylvania.—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024 But the dream remains intact: to clip-clop my way through the wilderness, ride through pebbled creeks, into forests, up the mountains, and across meadows filled with a spread of wildflowers that would make Klimt gasp, stopping only to set up camp, refuel, and swap stories by campfires.—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2024 In fact, on early summer mornings, you’ll be awakened by the clip-clop of prized thoroughbred hooves making their way out to their morning workouts.—Laura Ratliff, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2024 Even in the center of Gaza City, hundreds of carts add a 19th-century clip-clop to the chaotic traffic.—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023 Alpine Carriage Company and Pegasus Horse-Drawn Carriages take sightseers through town with the clip-clop soundtrack of horses hooves.—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
Grenadiers and Scots guards marched in two lines, following the rhythmic clop of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
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Mark Landler,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 Sep. 2022
Horses clip-clop languidly across Union Avenue to reach the racetrack, stopping traffic and stealing the hearts of horse enthusiasts who admire their grace and power.
Therefore, there should be incentive for everyone to work collectively to get rid of STDs and give any efforts to do so more than a slow clap, so to speak.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Reno piled more than 40 clap tracks onto the production, though the volume of parts involved isn’t necessarily evident in the final cut.
In addition, founders who have left full-time work to focus on their startup may be in a time crunch, trying to build and go to market before their funds run out.
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Karen Cashion,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Spread it onto a sandwich or tuck it into a wrap for extra crunch and zing.
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Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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