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canter

[kan-ter] / ˈkæn tər /
VERB
jog
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Five-time Champions League winners Barca struggled to find their rhythm in the first half but did enough after the break to clinch a top-eight league phase finish at a canter.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

A nicely worked move sent Andrew Kellaway running through the Japan defence and he fed Flook to canter over the line.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

You just have to look at what they did last season, and how they won the title at a canter.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

Many expected them to win the Championship at a canter.

From BBC May 3, 2025

Finally, after about five minutes, he slowed from a canter to a steady trot—slower, but not slow enough for me to catch up.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Ms. Rinehart, whose podcast, “The Female Body Politic,” spotlights women’s history, canters through Rankin’s career with the same drive that Rankin exhibited, batting away critics and rarely acknowledging the complexity of federal politics.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

Directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, “The Post” canters along with crisp pacing and straightforward, unfussy clarity, its two icons-playing-icons bolstered by a superb cast of supporting players.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2017

Milner-Skudder has the freedom of St James’ Park but draws Fosita nicely and released Nonu on the wing, who canters into the corner for his landmark score.

From The Guardian Oct. 9, 2015

Quentin Letts, giving four stars in The Mail, said the show "canters along with engaging verve and vim" after a "dull" opening 15 minutes.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2015

It is ten forty-five when Booth pulls back on the reins once again and canters up to the wooden drawbridge by the Navy Yard.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Leading the Black-and-Gold's potent attacking trio with Bouanga and Martinez, Son cantered through the center of Miami's defense all night, raucously cheered by some 76,000 fans -- the second-largest attendance in MLS history.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

The greenback sunk to a near four-year low as gold prices cantered past $5,200 a troy ounce, with haven investors continuing to look toward precious metals and the Swiss franc.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

Djokovic broke Maestrelli, who was making his Grand Slam debut, to start the second set and cantered into the third round.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

De Goede cantered away for another try off Pelletier's delicious one-handed offload and her team headed down the tunnel 24-7 to the good.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

Woolf cantered the horse back to the cheering grandstand and calmly asked his valet for a saddle towel.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

We had over 20 televisions playing the same footage of horses cantering.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2024

The tune was jaunty, full of the cantering rhythms and mimetic horn calls that fit a song about hunting.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2023

Whether it's Ms Truss popping up, or Boris Johnson cantering around the world, ghosts of the chaotic Conservative past are never far away.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2023

You can see this in grandmaster chess players, whose heart rates triple to cantering under their shirts.

From Washington Post Sep. 27, 2022

Jaime was already cantering off down the street as he heard Wyl shout.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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