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as in trotting
to go at a pace faster than a walk
had to jog to catch up to them
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Recent Examples of jogging
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.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Some may also choose to do this when jogging or performing other athletic activities where a hood might continuously slip backward.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Moments later, a bubble floated from his now-open mouth and brushed his eye, jogging him awake.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Johnson answered his door wearing only jogging pants.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Owens was a Black mother shot by a white woman through a locked door, mirroring similar national cases where Black individuals were shot under stand your ground laws while doing things like jogging or ringing unfamiliar doorbells.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Watkins grabbed the microphone and hyped up the crowd before jogging onto the field — but not too quickly, due to her present injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Doku passes to O’Reilly, who passes back to Gvardiol while jogging towards the centre, pulling Walker and Tchaouna with him as Burnley attempt to compress space in the middle.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
To find the best folding treadmill, our team of PEOPLE testers tried 26 options at home, walking and jogging at least four times per week during the trial period.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Some may also choose to do this when jogging or performing other athletic activities where a hood might continuously slip backward.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Moments later, a bubble floated from his now-open mouth and brushed his eye, jogging him awake.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Johnson answered his door wearing only jogging pants.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Owens was a Black mother shot by a white woman through a locked door, mirroring similar national cases where Black individuals were shot under stand your ground laws while doing things like jogging or ringing unfamiliar doorbells.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Watkins grabbed the microphone and hyped up the crowd before jogging onto the field — but not too quickly, due to her present injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Doku passes to O’Reilly, who passes back to Gvardiol while jogging towards the centre, pulling Walker and Tchaouna with him as Burnley attempt to compress space in the middle.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
To find the best folding treadmill, our team of PEOPLE testers tried 26 options at home, walking and jogging at least four times per week during the trial period.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogging
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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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While images of retinas bursting with color and a dove flapping its wings on an outstretched human hand looped behind them, the two allowed the crowd to grow denser while bobbing along to their rhythms.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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In the clip, Lecaillier cuts, tapes and shapes her materials until a wonderfully bonkers ostrich begins to take form — complete with flapping wings and a bobbing neck made from little more than determination and a sense of humor.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Both consultants estimated that inflation in Caracas is currently running between 20% and 30% a month and is destined to keep rising as long as the bolivar depreciation continues.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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After running the beauty division at P&G and joining Lauren as CEO, Louvet was asked how Ralph Lauren challenged him.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Your Heart Gets Healthier Exercise strengthens the heart muscle, improving its efficiency in pumping blood throughout the body.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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For years, major medical organizations like the American Heart Association have recommended aiming to get at least 150 minutes of heart-pumping physical activity a week.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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In October alone, shoppers were attacked in a supermarket, a Spanish tourist was scratched by a cub at a heritage site, and a trail runner was forced to wrestle a bear in the woods before sprinting to safety.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of the diciest action – and most frustrating nights – for Powell involved sprinting across wet cobblestones or through a graveyard full of smoke in the dark.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Just two weeks ago, Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi was shaking hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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As the title suggests, this sprawling tale centers on Raja, a man in his sixties who lives with his mother in Beirut, a city shaking with political and ecological turmoil.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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To that point, Olympia shouldn’t be allowed to play the jury the tear-jerking recording of Frank’s final phone call home as the water rose.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Surprise Lining The most tear-jerking moment, however, was kept secret until the very last minute.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Jogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jogging. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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