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Recent Examples of clomp
Local teens were clomping through the garden in high heels and dress shoes, fluffing their hair and adjusting their ties while their mothers stood by with heavy cameras around their necks, looking tired.
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Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 31 May 2024
There’s no need to clomp up and down stairs in ski your ski boots in the three-story stone and timber main house thanks to an elevator, and there’s no need to ever get into a chilly car in the freezing dead of winter thanks to the heated five-car garage.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
Instead of clomping around in heavy, uncomfortable knee-highs this autumn, why not take on the pumpkin patch in shoes that are just as stylish, but won’t weigh you down?
—Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
—Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 31 May 2024
There’s no need to clomp up and down stairs in ski your ski boots in the three-story stone and timber main house thanks to an elevator, and there’s no need to ever get into a chilly car in the freezing dead of winter thanks to the heated five-car garage.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
Instead of clomping around in heavy, uncomfortable knee-highs this autumn, why not take on the pumpkin patch in shoes that are just as stylish, but won’t weigh you down?
—Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
—Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomp
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In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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The team then trained three seals–Nick, Luca, and Miro–to shuffle into place in front of a large screen and showed them the simulations.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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When one of the figures is placed at the top of a ramp, the force of gravity causes the toy to walk down to the bottom by shuffling its legs back and forth.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
23 May 2025
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The left horse just wanted to shamble along, while the right horse pulled with frantic jerks.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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That lumps the technology together with AI and high-performance computing rather than focusing squarely on the radical new computing model.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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An over-reliance on lumping in crosses to create chances will do that.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rinsing removes excess starch, which helps keep the rice grains separate and fluffy rather than clumping together and forming a gooey mass, Olivia Roszkowski, chef-instructor of Plant-Based Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education’s New York City campus, tells SELF.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
13 May 2025
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Scientists are inching ever closer to figuring out the biophysical rules that govern how and why those first cells clumped up and stuck together.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
28 Dec. 2019
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There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.—
Beth Thames ,
al,
30 Oct. 2019
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Teams hike across waterways, tramp under overpasses and scour parks for signs of tents.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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And then there are those, like Mia, who stumble on their birth families inadvertently.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Per a fan video, at one point during the show, after spinning his microphone and tossing it towards the audience, Joel appeared to stumble, falling backwards and landing on his side.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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“Clomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomp. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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