as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallop
And make sure to keep your eye out for the glowing Patronus unicorns galloping between the trees.
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Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
Local resident Colby Bezanson captured the wild moment on camera as a massive bull moose galloped down a residential road with two police cruisers in hot pursuit.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Like an old Western gunslinger, Costner has been counted out before — only to gallop back onto the screen, battered and bruised, riding toward the next horizon.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
As Anne explains, the stable has opened, the horses are galloping out of it, and the AI revolution is here.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
Local resident Colby Bezanson captured the wild moment on camera as a massive bull moose galloped down a residential road with two police cruisers in hot pursuit.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Like an old Western gunslinger, Costner has been counted out before — only to gallop back onto the screen, battered and bruised, riding toward the next horizon.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
As Anne explains, the stable has opened, the horses are galloping out of it, and the AI revolution is here.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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This team is clearly stuck in a bad and awkward place because of past decisions — most notably the 2022 Deshaun Watson trade — and is on a second straight year of trotting an uninspiring and uncompetitive offense onto the field each week.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Such a reading of the law at the center of the case could provide Trump an opening -- along with other tariffs that have not been challenged in court -- to continue his global-trotting mission to reshape trade imbalances, even if the high court curtails his broad tariff power.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Running remains one of the world’s most popular forms of exercise, according to Statista, with about 50 million Americans regularly running or jogging for both physical and mental health benefits.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The crowd at the Rogers Centre nearly blew the roof off the place as Bichette jogged around the bases.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Under the public trees, children ran exultantly between cars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The thumping Republicans took in this week's elections reflected longer-running anger among constituencies that already leaned Democratic, but the GOP needs to worry that the government shutdown will cause that frustration to spread.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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