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gallop

[gal-uhp] / ˈgæl əp /


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Slot stood watching in disbelief in stoppage time when Sergino Dest was allowed to gallop clear and cross to Driouech for a clinical finish.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

So dangerous was Hemp for City that Riviere was barely allowed to gallop forward as she often does, minimising her threat at the other end.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

We’ve rounded up seven essential ways to witness the Black West in all its grit, glory and gallop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

While still very much an open world, with fields to gallop across and deep canyons and caves to plunge into, Shadow of the Erdtree bends toward the layer-cake-like level design of the original Dark Souls.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Christopher dug his fingers into the white mane, and with a chorus of whinnies the whole herd took off at a gallop into the forest.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Yes, he neighs and whinnies and you can ride him and, as Woody notes, he gallops like the wind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

The author gallops through vital moments in world history across the centuries but dallies over what seem like niche aspects of medieval French history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The court previously heard Williams passed two police officers as he drove to the paddock, telling them: "There's lampers on my gallops, they are there now."

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

“If she gallops as fast as she looks, it’s going to be a good year,” said Brad Keselowski, driver and co-owner of RFK Racing.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Smith let him make his own choices and slipped him up on Seabiscuit’s back for a few light gallops.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Pink poodles with long black eyelashes danced in a can-can line, a quartet of googly-eyed cacti bobbed along to the music and a trio of small white dogs galloped on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Ondas stock rose as high as $11.37 early Tuesday before falling 2% to $10.68, failing to build on its momentum from Monday when it galloped 8.4% higher.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

Castres reduced the deficit with a Louis le Brun penalty but Saints hit back immediately as Temo Mayanavanua broke through the white shirts and galloped over the line.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

With advancing technology, screening for fetal abnormalities has galloped ahead, and the test behind the new study become widespread about 10 years ago.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2024

I was thinking about how wonderful it would be to live with Miranda all the time when Clem returned from the park and galloped into the room.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

First came the whippet who lives down the hall, galloping outside my apartment and then, as he often does, failing to account for the slickness of the linoleum.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

But his PTI party made little headway improving Pakistan's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

In one from 1878 he captures the strides of a galloping horse; in another, a dog running.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

To be sure, it is possible that earnings could continue galloping higher for the next few years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

‘Bonecrunching Giant will be galloping to Turkey, of course,’ said the BFG.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl




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