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trotting

  • present participle
    of trot.
    trot
    verb (used without object)
    (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.

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Airlines know how badly we want better in-flight Wi-Fi, so they keep trotting out incremental updates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The 40-year-old unnamed man is accused of disrupting the search by creating and distributing a fake photo purporting to show Neukgu, the wolf, trotting down a road intersection.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

He did not score again but did set up a try for winger Teddy Thomas with a pin-point crossfield kick before trotting off after an hour with victory secure.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

We had no more than opened the gate, when the little mare tossed her head and came trotting to us.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls