trots out

present tense third-person singular of trot out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of trots out After all, this wasn’t just the typical NHL homecoming, where a struggling team trots out a former player to buy some time with a skeptical public. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 July 2026 He’s been branded as a special teams ace who occasionally trots out on offense. — Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026 Usually, a studio trots out some of its biggest stars and clips from upcoming films to gin up excitement for the coming year. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 23 Apr. 2026 On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo's cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies. — Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo’s cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Zakaria isn’t a journalist who routinely trots out Heritage Foundation talking points. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 On a recent Friday morning, Pegasus slowly trots out of an elevator, surrounded by doctors and nurses. — Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trots out
Verb
  • Get a bottle of wine from the Kinderhook Bottle Shop to enjoy on the inn porch before dinner at the Mediterranean small-plate restaurant Isola (which even offers a discount for guests of the inn).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The rear camera is slightly tighter at 126 degrees, but still offers plenty of coverage behind you.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That behavior gives engineers a way to control how a material stores and releases electrical energy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Trots out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trots%20out. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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