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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

Despite the double electrified fence, the scene looks almost primal as the apes lope like shadows through the lush, golden grass.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

It takes several tries, but I manage a few steps without wobbling, and then a lope.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

The one on the screen lopes instead of walks, finds everyday life challenging, if not frightening, and always looks like he’s trespassing, even in his own home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

By the smell on the wind, Wolf knew this flatness stretched for many lopes into the Dark, and that beyond it lay the Great White Cold.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

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

The risk did not pay off - Russell ran wide at the second corner on his first attempt, put a wheel on the painted pit-exit line and loped into a slow spin.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

In the clubhouse, Brown was even more placid as his colt loped through tepid fractions of 24.32 for a quarter mile and 47.44 for a half mile.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2022

Once the horse had settled, Ghost loped along easily beside him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

It has a twangy guitar, stately woodwinds and a loping groove that makes you feel like you’re nudging a herd of cattle through a mountain pass on a cloudless day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

The band’s meticulously hazy synth pads paired beautifully with ultra-minimal funk bass and loping tempos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

And so we ran, loping past paddock and hedge.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson