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as in jogging
to go at a pace faster than a walk
had to trot to keep up with the tour guide's quick pace trotted around the bases after hitting a home run
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as in racing
to proceed or move quickly
now trot along and get washed up for supper
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Recent Examples of trotting
The latter has been such a consistent issue under Napier that the Gators got a basic chart where players would each stand on one of 11 dots before trotting onto the field.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Zimmer returns to Fire Country this season as Renée Hoffman, a globe-trotting lawyer and Vince's high school girlfriend.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Deep in thought, the camera pans up to Hart's son Ryan, played by Michael Provost, trotting over to him on horseback.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
There is no reason to continue trotting him out onto the field if the team isn't going to win or compete at a high level.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Although Top Chef previously filmed in another Carolina city—Charleston back in 2014—this is the first time the globe-trotting culinary reality competition has landed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Since 2001, the globe-trotting reality competition has quietly doubled as a celebrity hot spot — with everyone from pro athletes to YouTubers and even a boy-bander chasing that million-dollar finish line.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
In short order over the last couple of years, the agile globe-trotting networker has put together a consortium of investors to form his own media company, EE72, the name taken from his own initials and birth year.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Zimmer returns to Fire Country this season as Renée Hoffman, a globe-trotting lawyer and Vince's high school girlfriend.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Deep in thought, the camera pans up to Hart's son Ryan, played by Michael Provost, trotting over to him on horseback.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
There is no reason to continue trotting him out onto the field if the team isn't going to win or compete at a high level.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Although Top Chef previously filmed in another Carolina city—Charleston back in 2014—this is the first time the globe-trotting culinary reality competition has landed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Since 2001, the globe-trotting reality competition has quietly doubled as a celebrity hot spot — with everyone from pro athletes to YouTubers and even a boy-bander chasing that million-dollar finish line.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
In short order over the last couple of years, the agile globe-trotting networker has put together a consortium of investors to form his own media company, EE72, the name taken from his own initials and birth year.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotting
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Owens was a Black mother shot by a white woman through a locked door, mirroring similar national cases where Black individuals were shot under stand your ground laws while doing things like jogging or ringing unfamiliar doorbells.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Watkins grabbed the microphone and hyped up the crowd before jogging onto the field — but not too quickly, due to her present injury.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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The outdoor adventures continue in summer with scenic gondola rides, hiking, mountain biking, ropes courses, and racing down the mountain on an alpine coaster.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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Marketing professionals are racing to keep up with evolving AI technology and understand how best to use it to reach their brands’ target demographics.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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University administrators point to a new business plan and the paper's running deficit as the reasons behind their decision to cut print.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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My own kids are running around the place.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Two members of the airline crew can then be seen hurrying from the rear of the plane toward the fire.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pedestrians are hurrying past to find their places on Fifth Avenue, but the girls have a different kind of readiness about them.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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The models are improving at a galloping pace.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Within moments, a young female grizzly appeared from around a bend, galloping downstream 50 feet away.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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Akey, dogged all night by Legend’s pass rushers, used her pure speed to score the game’s first touchdown, sprinting into the end zone from 7 yards out.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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One year and 325 million views later, everyone is sprinting at full speed to catch up to demand.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Inside, there’s the occasional model being fitted and photographed, outside there are truck drivers, caterers, lighting specialists and many more milling around or scurrying about.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Normally, the hours and days before the prospect of a shutdown on Capitol Hill are filled with scenes of lawmakers and aides scurrying about to negotiate possible settlements.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli is charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while traveling on an aircraft, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sacrament revolves around two cousins from San Bernardino, Larette and Cherrise, who, along with two traveling nurses—four ICU nurses in all—are isolating in individual Mallard trailers in CamperWorld, three blocks from Our Lady of Sorrows hospital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Trotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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