gallop
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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
The hotel’s grounds will include a well-known feature from the original racetrack, the life-size bronze sculpture of jockey Billy Shoemaker riding famed racehorse Swaps at full gallop that greeted bettors for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 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
Afternoons, Caesar and Midnight gallop off, tracking game.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
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
He let Pollard ride Seabiscuit in slow gallops but kept him off the horse’s back for most of his fast workouts.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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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
The 23-year-old carved past a startled Heyes on the fringe of a breakdown and galloped over to put Italy 10-5 in front.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Inflation galloped at rates up to 14%, and global gasoline shortages closed service stations and created high prices and long lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
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
Liyana and Rafik galloped down the road without speaking.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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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
Team-mate Alex Coles' mind went back to 2017 - Jonathan Davies' shanked kick, Owen Farrell's long pass and Elliot Daly sliding in for another galloping, grandstand finale.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
The great yellow wasteland lay dim and milky in the moonlight as the Big Friendly Giant went galloping across it.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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