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There’s something special about salty ocean breezes paired with the clip-clop of horse hooves. — AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 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 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 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 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

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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 origin of the thunderclap (sometimes called the Viking clap) is disputed, with several clubs in Europe claiming to have started the trend, but Iceland popularised it and brought it to the world stage.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 June 2026
One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026

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There’s the initial crunch, then your teeth sink into a wonderfully soft and squishy focaccia.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
How are shoppers allocating their discretionary dollars given the recent rebound in inflation and affordability crunch resulting from higher oil prices?

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

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