as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
dawdles to school but gallops coming home
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Recent Examples of gallop
With space to gallop into, Ekitike’s ball-carrying can make a huge impact — Mbappe, now at Real Madrid, was the only centre-forward to complete more dribbles of 10+ yards that led to a team shot in 2024-25.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 19 June 2025
It’s set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2025
But then Darcy hands Elizabeth a letter explaining the Wickham situation…before promptly galloping away.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
The centaur gallops tirelessly at a steady 45 miles per hour.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 19 June 2025
It’s set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2025
But then Darcy hands Elizabeth a letter explaining the Wickham situation…before promptly galloping away.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
The centaur gallops tirelessly at a steady 45 miles per hour.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Watch extremely rare footage of Sierra Nevada red fox Video footage shared by Robbins shows two different foxes with grey and white fur, with one wearing a tracking collar while wandering around the rocks during the day and trotting into the night.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Former coach Doug MacLean, 20 years later, still recalls a postgame report given him one night as a team employee trotted toward him.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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At any other ballpark, Patrick Bailey could’ve jogged.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 July 2025
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The fans, kept in suspense about Roberts’ decision, roared when Kershaw stepped out of the dugout and jogged to the mound.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Smith succeeds former Maryland athletic director Damon Evans, who departed for SMU in March after a simmering conflict with former head men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard came to a head during the Terrapins’ NCAA Tournament run last season.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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After moving to London to live with his youngest son, Singh joined a community of runners and ran his first marathon in 2000.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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