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cantering
  • present participle of canter.

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"I'm digging it, I'm loving it," said Rose after nailing a 12-footer to win the eighth, and LA were 8-1 ahead and cantering after picking up another hammer-inspired two-pointer on the ninth.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

We had over 20 televisions playing the same footage of horses cantering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

“Youth” pairs a Bach oratorio with footage of horses cantering through the snow of a Muscovite suburb.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

You can see this in grandmaster chess players, whose heart rates triple to cantering under their shirts.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

It took several huge, clattering steps, then it was off the side of the hill and cantering across the sky.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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