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Stagecoaches still clip-clop through town, cowboys still walk the streets and bartenders still pour whiskey in the saloons where the Earps and Clantons drank. — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025 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 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

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Lots to unpack in the two-minute clop from Heidi Engerman’s appearance as Yancy Gray’s (Jack Schumacher) wife, Syd, to Quinn’s (Minka Kelly) new beau Oliver (Ben Robson) and her mother’s (Patricia Clarkson) unexpected arrival in town.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Grenadiers and Scots guards marched in two lines, following the rhythmic clop of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

— Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022

Definition of clop

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The entire gymnasium roared with claps and cheers, the loudest and most fervent applause of the evening.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Nick, 33, started with a moment from the first Camp Rock, recalling the morning the cast came up with the now-famous stomp-and-clap sequence.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

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That might seem like no time at all, but the corn emerges juicy, crispy, and tender and retains more of its sweetness and crunch.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
The guidance could have been even higher if not for supply constraints, as the company grapples with shortages in parts like memory, which faces a global crunch due to AI buildouts.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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