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Dandridge told the court he and his wife had been staying at the Gallops holiday cottage for three weeks before the attack, which happened three days before his 71st birthday.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

He visited a smallpox isolation hospital on Gallops Island and examined patients during a tour, then slipped away, taking public transportation home, and attending a public meeting at a church.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2021

As when the golden sun salutes the morn, And, having gilt the ocean with his beams, Gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach And overlooks the highest peering hills, So Tamora.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

Plan of Fort Levy upon one of the Islands Gallops in the River St. Lawrence since named Island Royale from its being fortified.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

"Gallops like a railway train," said a voice at Silver's side.

From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred