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Recent Examples of lope
John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
Kyle Tucker loped into foul territory, caught it and completed the second World Series championship in Houston Astros history.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
With an outdoor fire pit, lake access, and plenty of space to lope; this would be a great retreat in any season.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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Verb
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
Kyle Tucker loped into foul territory, caught it and completed the second World Series championship in Houston Astros history.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Noun
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
With an outdoor fire pit, lake access, and plenty of space to lope; this would be a great retreat in any season.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
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Fluorescence rippled across the bed of astrocytes in waves, hopping from one cell to the next.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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As far as staple bottoms, pick up these Lee bootcut jeans to hop on the retro style celebs have been wearing recently.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The ‘new manager bounce’ might have been debunked, but both men are doing their best to keep the myth alive.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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There are bounce-backs with extensive track records in John Harbaugh (New York Giants) and Kevin Stefanski (Atlanta), defensive first-timers like Jeff Hafley (Miami) and Jesse Minter (Baltimore).—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Best Alternatives for Plastic Wrap In the Microwave Some cooks and chefs prefer to skip microwaving plastic wrap entirely to prevent chemical exposure.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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Trump, true to form, knocked Biden for skipping the Super Bowl Sunday platform.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Still, Egorov said that BASE jumpers still take leaps inside the park.—
Outside,
Outside,
31 Jan. 2026
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The next leap in battery safety and resilience Now, CATL is positioning sodium-ion batteries as a serious contender for the next phase of energy storage.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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