trotted

past tense of trot
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Recent Examples of trotted With his team up a touchdown midway through the first quarter, Jalen Brewster trotted back out to the field. Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026 In photos shared by both Hamilton Township Animal Shelter and Height of Hope, Nyla trotted along a red carpet and out the door of the shelter. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 The next day, Magglio Ordóñez trotted right by him on his way around the bases after his pennant-clinching home run. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The big buck had trotted by Van Lith’s stand only 12 yards away as the hunter was climbing down. Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 Earlier this month, bulldozers were videoed uprooting trees and shoveling dirt as wild animals trotted by. Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 This time, Maye tossed an interception downfield, and trotted off toward the sideline in defeat. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Ohtani trotted home on his bad knee – which will prevent him from pitching indefinitely but not hitting – when Freddie Freeman dumped a two-out, two-strike RBI single into center field. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2026 Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015. Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotted
Verb
  • Walker, the team’s $20 million first baseman, went 0-for-9 and jogged out a groundball during the ninth inning of a one-run loss Saturday.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The 47-year-old, a first-year player with the Jaguars who has resuscitated his football career decades after most players hang up their cleats, dutifully jogged out to his spot at right defensive end and got into his stance.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In New York City, Special Agents Tom Armas and John Buckley -- who were at the New York Field Office at 7 World Trade Center for the annual UN General Assembly briefing -- raced into the North Tower.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The disclosure is expected to give the public a better understanding of how the city responded following the collapse of the World Trade Center as officials raced to restabilize Lower Manhattan and reopen the area.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This iconic Pasadena diner has been up and running since 1963, with local Michael Osborne taking the reins since the late ‘70s.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Another quartet scurried around the trash can next to the dishwasher.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As Hodges scurried about in a panic, Devenanzio kept his game face on and won by a mile.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The ball rolled all the way into the Rays’ bullpen in foul territory while Taylor sprinted to third.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The siren let out a deafening wail, and eight jumpers sprinted to nearby racks of gear.
    M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In June 2021, a camera helped locate a murderer, Joseph Jean, 56, who sped off after stabbing a 38-year-old woman on a sidewalk in Fort Lauderdale, the agency said.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The research was slow at first, but more recent advances in technology — including artificial intelligence — have sped things up.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods.
    Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As famine, war, pestilence and death galloped through, religious thought had been taking on an apocalyptic and self-abnegatory fervor.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Razaullah, 21, is one of the three debutants hurried into the Pakistan side after seven of their players were sent home following the second Test defeat at Lord’s.
    Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Almost three hours passed before the alert finally ended, and the couple hurried back inside.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Trotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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