as in hops
to move with a light springing step
the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth
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Each morning, Walter gets out his cart or walker, and Angus hops straight in, ready for that day's adventure.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Gaga is currently touring her seventh album with the Mayhem Ball Tour, which kicked off mid-July in Las Vegas and will stop off in Miami, New York City, Toronto and Chicago before the singer-songwriter hops the pond to cities like London, Milan, Barcelona and others.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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The light usually bounces from her mélange of expensive jewelry, which can be a mix of David Webb Lucite and diamond cuffs with elegant antique Victorian chains inlaid with stones to her own designs of diamonds and gold.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
25 Aug. 2025
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But the show lightly bounces between these observations, with only Seth Rogen’s inept but earnest studio head as the constant.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
23 Aug. 2025
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With technology growing by leaps and bounds every day, more and more tasks can be automated.—
Adam Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The duo begin a frantic game of hide-and-seek, with the rabbit running from one side of the tree to the other as the fawn bounds after it.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In another development, Northwestern University chemists developed a groundbreaking method that skips the time-consuming step of sorting plastics and directly converts stubborn single-use plastics into useful products like fuels, waxes, and lubricants.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Lollops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lollops. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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