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
The strapping colt took to the track at Pimlico for the first time Thursday morning, galloping a mile under exercise rider Nick Merritt.
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Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
Ineffably, Renko’s qualities of solidity and rebelliousness bring my father back to me, and the whole 11-book series, set mostly in Russia (with excursions to Cuba and the Arctic Circle), is a galloping wonder, full of apparatchiks, spies, oligarchs, gangsters, and murders galore.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 July 2025
Costa Rica offers the stuff of vacation advertisements: horses galloping on a white-sand beach, surfers crouched in an enormous barrel wave, sea turtles nesting near the ocean.
—AFAR Media, 11 July 2025
But then in a show without tension and release, maybe expecting galloping excitement is foolish.
—David Benedict, Variety, 24 June 2025
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Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
Ineffably, Renko’s qualities of solidity and rebelliousness bring my father back to me, and the whole 11-book series, set mostly in Russia (with excursions to Cuba and the Arctic Circle), is a galloping wonder, full of apparatchiks, spies, oligarchs, gangsters, and murders galore.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 July 2025
Costa Rica offers the stuff of vacation advertisements: horses galloping on a white-sand beach, surfers crouched in an enormous barrel wave, sea turtles nesting near the ocean.
—AFAR Media, 11 July 2025
But then in a show without tension and release, maybe expecting galloping excitement is foolish.
—David Benedict, Variety, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
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Watch extremely rare footage of Sierra Nevada red fox Video footage shared by Robbins shows two different foxes with grey and white fur, with one wearing a tracking collar while wandering around the rocks during the day and trotting into the night.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Former coach Doug MacLean, 20 years later, still recalls a postgame report given him one night as a team employee trotted toward him.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald offered more details, stating that Phillips attempted to jog following the injury, but was in too much discomfort.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Others can stand and even try to jog, run, or play for a few more minutes.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
31 July 2025
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The series ran for 11 seasons, beginning in 2010 until its final episode in 2022.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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There's nothing like a chicken dinner recipe that's quick, easy, and delicious to make a weeknight menu run smoothly.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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