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
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.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Darnold galloped over to Lock and interrupted the backup’s postgame interview.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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
No jacked-up, galloping warriors wielding bow and arrow.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Darnold galloped over to Lock and interrupted the backup’s postgame interview.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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
No jacked-up, galloping warriors wielding bow and arrow.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gallop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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Once again, the dog of my dreams is trotting along beside me, and nagging thoughts about the miraculous nature of unexpected blessings keep me up at night.—
Margaret Moorman,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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On Saturday, the Argyle Lunar New Year Parade trotted through the Uptown neighborhood.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Six years after 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood, supporters gathered on the Atlanta BeltLine to honor his life with a run in his memory.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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On the Malecón, the town’s oceanfront boardwalk, locals were jogging and walking their dogs.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The first, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance auto festival, is slated to run Friday through Sunday, April 24-26, for its 20th year.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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When a soccer player runs downfield in anticipation of the ball being passed to them, the goal is to have the ball arrive where the player will be in the future, but that mental calculation is familiar to us, intuitively, because the soccer field itself is static and unchanging.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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