as in hopped
to move with a light springing step
the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth
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The man hopped out of his minivan, ran toward an empty Wauwatosa police squad car and got in as officers tried to arrest him.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Stapleton’s blues-leaning song played as Pitt, who portrayed the character Sonny Hayes, hopped into the APXGP car.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.—
Ilya Ferapontov,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Each time, bitcoin has bounced all the way back within a year and a half.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Information would go from bounded to ubiquitous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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The zone is bounded by State Route 237 to the north, Calabazas Creek to the west, Highway 101 and Montague Expressway to the south and the Guadalupe River to the east.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Lolloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolloped. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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