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is trotting

  • present progressive
    of trot (3rd person singular).
    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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CBS is reviving “Murphy Brown” and rebooting “Magnum P.I.” this fall, while The CW is trotting out a reworked “Charmed.”

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2018

He is trotting toward first base with both arms straight out just after his fly ball became a go-ahead three-run homer.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2017

But he is trotting over to take a corner now, won by a blocked Danny Rose cross.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2016

Mr. Christie is trotting out a new favorite line in his town-hall-style events in New Hampshire, but it isn’t for the people in the room.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2015

The black horses speed up until each is trotting beside a white horse.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen