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clip-cloped

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past tense of clip-clop

as in clop-clopped

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sputtered

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Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026

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