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gallop

[gal-uhp] / ˈgæl əp /


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"I don't think I have seen my team on the gallop look so well, but they are racing well."

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

“They couldn’t hold up the frenetic gallop we had.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

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

Her father rode off in the other direction, breaking into a full gallop.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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

As they walked near the paddock and gallops of Evan Williams Racing, their lights "drew the attention of Mr Williams", Bebb said.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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 began inching him back into work, giving him easy gallops.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Keysight stock is currently about 7% below its record closing high of $366.68 from May 6 and has galloped 125% higher over the past 12 months, accord to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Thibaud Flament burst through the Warriors defence and galloped into the 22, finding Dupont on his shoulder and he glided over for the opening try in a little over six minutes.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

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

Together, she and Shilling galloped through the tress, each racing the other and both racing the wind.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party made little headway improving the country'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

Like the squirrels, and the cats and swans and foxes in London, they came galloping to him, clustering round, surrounding him and Mal in a great press of dazzling white bodies.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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