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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

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

If you’ve ridden a horse, think lope gait.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2020

I’d let them run at an easy lope.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

His dog Obie, a hound mix, lopes ahead, stopping to shove his snout under intriguing rocks and logs.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

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

Father lopes out of the shadows, appears beside Mother.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

But by the time Holiday had sprinted to the basket, Wembanyama had loped over, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

One morning in January, about 30 ninth and 10th graders, many of them dressed in navy blue school sweatshirts and gray pants, loped into a class called Software Engineering 1.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

As Ewing thanked the students, then loped across the court toward a television interview, he took a long, needed swig from a water bottle.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2023

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

So as he loped along, his great legs swinging tirelessly, she sat with the movement and said nothing.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Got a perfect match from Chris Richards, the afro-rocking defender with the long, loping strides, was 83 for 83 on his passes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 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

And although his style looks easy, like he’s loping to the library, it’s profoundly efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2025

“The Ballad of Paladin,” a loping instrumental, was used as the theme for the CBS television series “Have Gun — Will Travel.”

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

“Woe and sadness!” the creature wailed, loping anxiously to Taran.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander