as in trots
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallops
Body camera footage shows the officer repeatedly shouting at a woman to stop running as his horse, Kelly, gallops down the road.
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
But the cast gallops right past the clichés.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
But the cast gallops right past the clichés.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallops
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After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
21 Nov. 2025
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Razeen Road finally jogs east, and an automatic gate opens to allow drivers onto an unpaved road leading deeper into the desert.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Castle begins the possession on All-NBA center Karl-Anthony Towns, who jogs up top to set a screen for a fellow star, Jalen Brunson.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Economic pressure to move from human-in-the-loop assistants to fully autonomous mini-agents is enormous because the unit economics only work if the agent runs end-to-end without supervision.—
Shreyans Mehta,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Faster than van Hövell expected, KLABU now runs 10 clubhouses across Kenya, Bangladesh, Jordan, Brazil, and Mauritania.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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“Gallops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallops. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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