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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

We’ve rounded up seven essential ways to witness the Black West in all its grit, glory and gallop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2025

This involves a gallop of nine to 10 minutes through the park at Versailles, twice crossing the centuries-old Grand Canal in what might be one of the Paris Olympics’ signature views.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

The horse leaped into a gallop right away.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

We’re both new fathers and hurtling toward middle age completely agog at how quickly the time gallops by.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

“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

No, it is the Union Light Guard, otherwise known as the Seventh Independent Company of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that gallops to the rescue.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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

Pink poodles with long black eyelashes danced in a can-can line, a quartet of googly-eyed cacti bobbed along to the music and a trio of small white dogs galloped on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Thibaud Flament burst through the Warriors defence and galloped into the 22, finding Dupont on his shoulder and he glided over for the opening try in a little over six minutes.

From BBC Dec. 13, 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

The more he ran on his short legs, though, the faster they galloped ahead.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

But his PTI party made little headway improving Pakistan's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 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

But Yishan’s direction was not needed, for BaiMa was already galloping toward the moving speck.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin




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