as in trots
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallops
But the cast gallops right past the clichés.
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Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
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The visitors passed back from the free kick and Joao Pedro initially jogs towards goal, with Anderson signalling for a team-mate to follow him, but then changes direction again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Blazy gives Odhiang a deep hug, jogs around the runway, and flees toward the exit, smiling.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Birdie runs First-round leader Steven Alker ran off six consecutive birdies on the back nine Friday which jettisoned him up the leaderboard to a tournament-record 61.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Bachelor season 19 contestant, Jade Roper Tolbert, who runs her own cosmetics company, was also a judge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Gallops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallops. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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