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Recent Examples of lope
Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
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Verb
One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
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There is no hockey equivalent of the six-year quarterback, no portal-hopping 25-year-old gaming an extra NIL season.—
Daryl G. Jones,
Sportico.com,
15 May 2026
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Think jumping in place, hopping side to side, or moving through squats with a slow descent and a fast burst back up.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Grass has a rougher texture that gives the ball a lower bounce.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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Remove hard bounces immediately.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Rusak argued that runoffs favor Paxton because base voters with the strongest attachment to candidates turn out at higher rates, while casual primary voters often skip the second round.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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The decision to continue to skip stops in Haiti comes as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extended its ban on United States aircraft operating in and around Haiti until September.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Even with a promising draft haul and possible leaps from Jaxson Dart and Malik Nabers, the team could be entirely out of contention come December.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The Fool points toward a leap into the unknown, while the Ten of Wands speaks to burnout and an unsustainable load.—
Ziv Epstein,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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