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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

And I really ought to extol the graciously ironic handling of “Chrysanthemum Tea,” one of those oh-so-clever Sondheim numbers that spans enormous dramatic territory in a manner so catchy that the song seems to gallop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 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

“Just a slight tap with your heels and he’ll fly. Each tap, he’ll go faster and faster. But he won’t be able to gallop full out all the time. Pull back and let him slow.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Meanwhile AI investment gallops on, with 85% of functional leaders planning to increase spending in 2026 after allocating an average of 12% of their budgets to AI in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

James Serafino’s art crowds the first pages as Greenfield’s character gallops behind his anxious brain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

“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

Cejas’s story gallops on and on, and I feel her sparkle zing right through the phone and into my hand.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

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

Nick Rockett galloped away from top weight I Am Maximus after the final fence to win by two and a half lengths.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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

They chased him as he galloped around and around the courtyard with Somkit clinging onto his back like a baby monkey.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Still, I wrote, “the prospect of galloping, 1970s-style inflation remains low.”

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

A video tour of the sanctuary posted in 2023 showed horses grazing and galloping across a vast expanse of the 40-acre property in Julian and a cattery where felines lounged in cat condos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

‘He is galloping easily two times as quicksy as me.’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl


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