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Recent Examples of lope
Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
The mole tunnel had contained an actual mole, gorging on millipedes beneath our feet; the striped skunk tracks had been left by an actual skunk, loping down a dirt road to fulfill its secret ends.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
Reum, a boyish and buoyant Midwesterner in navy sweats, lopes into the room to check on his wife.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
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Verb
One Great Pyrenees lopes over to say hello while another looks out from behind greenery flanking the porch’s Whiteselle Corsicana brick steps.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
The mole tunnel had contained an actual mole, gorging on millipedes beneath our feet; the striped skunk tracks had been left by an actual skunk, loping down a dirt road to fulfill its secret ends.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
The pop mélange builds to a lope then decelerates for the chorus, all while retaining enormous swagger.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
Reum, a boyish and buoyant Midwesterner in navy sweats, lopes into the room to check on his wife.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
Verb
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The beer is double dry hopped with nelson, citra and motueka hops.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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On our sailing, guests would say farewell or hop on for the first time at every port.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This season, 138 of his 177 three-point attempts have come without a dribble, but he’s quietly been effective off the bounce, converting 41 percent of his pull-up threes.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Icons glitter, shimmy, bounce, and in other ways evade the chasing eye.—
Joel Khalili,
WIRED,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Buyers can also skip the optional pop-top all-together and keep the van a two-sleeper.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Jan. 2025
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Fears of mass deportations have worried some of the area’s roughly 400,000 immigrants in the country without legal permission, prompting many to skip work and keep their children out of school.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The leap from college to the pros has not seemed to have fazed Daniels in the slightest.—
Sam Joseph,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Rare are the players who make the leap from D-III to Wisconsin.—
Jesse Temple,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Lope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lope. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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