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Recent Examples of lope
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
There is also more than a bit of repetition — scenes played in different settings, with different energies, props and clues, but making more or less the same point, even as the series lopes bit by bit toward a conclusion.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
Noun
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
There is also more than a bit of repetition — scenes played in different settings, with different energies, props and clues, but making more or less the same point, even as the series lopes bit by bit toward a conclusion.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
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The easiest way is to hop in a taxi – fares come in at around £12.—
Tamara Hinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
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Under the one-year pilot project, anyone 62 and over could hop on Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) buses for free.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Without signs of easing hostilities, the oversold bounce on Monday may be nothing more than that.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Mets are banking on a bounce-back season from Williams, who is set to replace Diaz — now a Los Angeles Dodger — as their closer.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More travelers—especially return visitors—are skipping the rental car and leaning into the island’s native rhythm.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Echeverria said his family skipped Christmas and took months to recover financially.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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To make that leap, Cortical Labs organized a hackathon with Stanford University.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first player to sign on to Denver Summit FC says taking the leap was an easy decision.—
Holly Santman,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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