gallop
Example Sentences
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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
Stablemate Island Hopping set a strong gallop and as he faded, Moore was well positioned to take advantage.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 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
Like the sandstone altar on which they had died, the shape of their lives had been determined years before—before the horses began their gallop, their sorrel bodies arching for that final collision.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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