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Recent Examples of clip-clop
Noun
There’s something special about salty ocean breezes paired with the clip-clop of horse hooves.—AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024 The camera’s pretty static, the characters’ are pretty goofy-looking to the contemporary eye, the story unfolds at the clip-clop pace of carriage horses who do not actually want to go through the pass into Transylvania.—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024 But the dream remains intact: to clip-clop my way through the wilderness, ride through pebbled creeks, into forests, up the mountains, and across meadows filled with a spread of wildflowers that would make Klimt gasp, stopping only to set up camp, refuel, and swap stories by campfires.—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2024 In fact, on early summer mornings, you’ll be awakened by the clip-clop of prized thoroughbred hooves making their way out to their morning workouts.—Laura Ratliff, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2024 Even in the center of Gaza City, hundreds of carts add a 19th-century clip-clop to the chaotic traffic.—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023 Alpine Carriage Company and Pegasus Horse-Drawn Carriages take sightseers through town with the clip-clop soundtrack of horses hooves.—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
Grenadiers and Scots guards marched in two lines, following the rhythmic clop of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
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Mark Landler,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 Sep. 2022
Horses clip-clop languidly across Union Avenue to reach the racetrack, stopping traffic and stealing the hearts of horse enthusiasts who admire their grace and power.
Amid a global production crunch and the flight of titles away from the area and toward regions that give more subsidies to the entertainment industry, the region is experiencing a historic filming slump that’s left a chunk of Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes workers without steady employment.
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Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: The bagel was almost as chewy as a New York bagel, with a crispy crunch around the edges.
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