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Definition of lopenext
as in to hop
to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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noun

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Recent Examples of lope
Verb
The other two shots were right at the rim, while the Hawkeyes hit a loping 3-pointer. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Muller and editor Noel Paul don’t impose a narrative arc on these fragmented lives, instead casually drifting between them at a pace that suggests the loping rhythm of their days. Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home. Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds. Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
  • The pools are worth the visit alone—killer views, and plenty of space to hop around to keep the scenery fresh.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Players hopped golf cart rides to class, on the rare occasion that the class wasn’t online.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The New York Yankees ace cruised through 16 outs before the Jays got a bounce.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After coming out flat in a litmus test in Indiana, the Liberty nearly blew a 28-point fourth-quarter lead in a bounce-back game against the retooling Los Angeles Sparks at Barclays Center.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When money is tight, Sreynich skips a day or two of school to work alongside her parents.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • With a 26-inch inseam option, petites can finally skip the tailor and spend that extra cash on a round of gelato instead.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Yet for every one of these tremendous leaps forward engineered by Gorbachev, Putin has commanded a sensational step backward.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But Helaena puts an end to it all with a fatal leap from captivity.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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