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Recent Examples of clomp
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
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Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Trunks opened and closed around us, Little Leaguers hoisting their bags inside, the sound of cleats clomping across cement, little boys going home.
—Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
These were the same cobblestones that Carrie Bradshaw once clomped across during her early morning walks back home from clubbing.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in NYC on Monday, March 27, in an ankle-length charcoal coat and chunky square-toe boots—the perfect outfit for clomping around town like a true New Yorker.
—Amanda Curran, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
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Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Trunks opened and closed around us, Little Leaguers hoisting their bags inside, the sound of cleats clomping across cement, little boys going home.
—Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
These were the same cobblestones that Carrie Bradshaw once clomped across during her early morning walks back home from clubbing.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in NYC on Monday, March 27, in an ankle-length charcoal coat and chunky square-toe boots—the perfect outfit for clomping around town like a true New Yorker.
—Amanda Curran, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomp
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An unknown woman enters the frame, prominently stomping through the water behind Ljunggren and Sorensen.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Loading your audio article With a mix of ferocity and finesse, three ancient lion costumes sway side to side, shaking their bodies and stomping their feet.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Smaller breeds take the field in the first quarter, and the lineup shuffles to play the larger breeds in the fourth quarter.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Just one row above the workers, a group of tourists shuffled along and looked askance at the repair work.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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Its ambling, shambling tour of crashing parties, crashing on available couches, and reluctantly crashing your way into maturity, one misadventure at a time, is not a bug but a feature here.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2024
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Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yet while some saw it as preferable to the old system, the term Hispanic still lumped together very different populations.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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This board, however, clumps the function keys into two groups.—
Josh Gulick,
PCMAG,
2 Feb. 2025
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The crescent cells aren't able to flow as freely through the veins, so they get stuck, clumping up to form blockages that result in the incapacitating pain crises Alessia endures.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
28 Dec. 2019
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There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.—
Beth Thames ,
al,
30 Oct. 2019
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Just over four years ago, the same networks covered live as a crowd of Trump supporters tramped through the Rotunda, having attacked police and breached the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Then came an unexpected loss to West Virginia in the Bahamas and a few high-profile December stumbles.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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It's been nearly two weeks since Billy Ray Cyrus stumbled onstage during a performance at President Donald Trump's inauguration celebration.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Clomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomp. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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