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Recent Examples of lope
Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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Verb
One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
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Those suborbital hops were paused in January so the company could focus on New Glenn and upcoming moonshots.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Not well known in the investment community, Gill hopped on Reddit to pitch reasons to invest in GameStop in the subreddit WallStreetBets.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Despite the quick start, Vegas did catch a major break on a fortunate bounce to cut the lead to 2-1, a goal that was credited to Shea Theodore.—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Arraez has put together a fine bounce-back season on a one-year, $12 million contract.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Verb
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In the warmer months, don’t skip a ride on The Morgan, Sagamore’s cruising vessel that glides around Lake George.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Strnad, though, may have another leap to take entering his first season as a clear starter.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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And yet, even after the stress, the downsizing and the compromises, Giangreco still believes taking the first leap to move was worth it.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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