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 the reason why has to do with growing concerns that progress in AI development may not be galloping ahead as fast as industry insiders touted just a few months ago—and growing indications that all the AGI talk was stoking inflated expectations that the tech itself couldn’t live up to.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Horses gallop by sometimes in New Orleans, and no one writes an article about it for the newspaper.
—Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Christian galloped toward the men, jumped and embraced them in delight.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The horses are galloping freely.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Horses gallop by sometimes in New Orleans, and no one writes an article about it for the newspaper.
—Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Christian galloped toward the men, jumped and embraced them in delight.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The horses are galloping freely.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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The wild-eyed elk turned and trotted parallel to me.—
Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bella will trot over when she's done, happily finishing off her sibling's portion.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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After the break, Sinner did jog back to the court, showing no real sign of a lingering injury.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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That’s even if the movie is uneven dramatically, weighed down by traumas and break-ups and breakdowns in the later stretches, and with too many shots of Aishe (Uyghur) jogging toward her future.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The design leans rustic (give or take a couple of Togo chairs), with moss green paneling, tartan upholstery, and wood beams running throughout.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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