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But soon his sprint slows and his legs start to lope as his arms swing with less force.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

We stroll, stride, plod, traipse, amble, saunter, shuffle, tiptoe, lumber, tromp, lope, strut and swagger.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2022

The horse would lope to the fence promptly for some corn, while the mule, skittish and wild-eyed, hung back with a kind of pitiable, crazy longing that made you throw an ear right quick.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2021

It begins with “The 1,” a stoic look back at a fizzled romance, which moves at a lope, nudged along by ringing piano chords and one of the album’s sprightlier beats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2020

I lope through the leaves, leap over a low bush, and—yikes!—company:

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

In a wordless two-page spread, a dog lopes solemnly toward the pickle, trailed by a mournful earthworm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The NWS has warned that severe weather could return later this week as a storm lopes into the Great Lakes region over Friday and Saturday.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024

What endures from those days is the sense of motion: A creature lopes through incongruous environments, often entering a spaceship that descends, hovers and ascends again.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022

Once he’s gone — back with the grown-ups among the rusty waves of Richard Serra’s “Wake” — the rabbit lopes back out and resumes grazing, the picture of dignified ease.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022

She swings her clip-on ponytail and lopes toward me with a wave.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

We scared up a jackrabbit that loped off past blooming yarrow, then walked to within about 50 yards of his herd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Then we waited a few more minutes while our kids loped back and forth between the hoops, not really communicating, before taking our charges home.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022

The risk did not pay off - Russell ran wide at the second corner on his first attempt, put a wheel on the painted pit-exit line and loped into a slow spin.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

In the clubhouse, Brown was even more placid as his colt loped through tepid fractions of 24.32 for a quarter mile and 47.44 for a half mile.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2022

“No mourners,” Jesper called as he loped off into the twilight, long legs eating up the distance easily.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

It has a twangy guitar, stately woodwinds and a loping groove that makes you feel like you’re nudging a herd of cattle through a mountain pass on a cloudless day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Wharton's loping, languid style may sometimes disguise a classy, fiercely competitive midfielder, but his England breakthrough has not arrived, despite going to Germany as part of Southgate's Euro 2024 squad.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

A few times we came across a three-legged coyote, affectionately known by locals as Tripod, loping along the empty road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

And they’re attracted to rhythmic thumps on the surface, so the Fremen — people who live in the Arrakis desert — walk in strange, loping, arrhythmic steps to avoid accidental detection.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Even in the priestly garb, his loping, comfortable gait pulled my eyes and held them.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie