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as in dance
a social gathering for dancing
back in those days taking someone to the school hop was a big deal
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as in to jump
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
the frog hopped back into the pond the bus stopped, a lone passenger hopped on, and the driver continued on his way
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Recent Examples of hop
Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Hip-hop don’t belong there anyway!
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
Hoppers is about a sharp young girl named Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) who uses cutting-edge technology to literally hop her consciousness into a robotic beaver.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Island-hop to North Stradbroke or Moreton Island, where turquoise surf, wild dunes, and beach shacks feel untouched by time.
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Excitons could hop between them.
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For live performances, check out the lineup of live music at Hard Rock Stadium, or attend a dance performance at Miami City Ballet.—
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Below, Bader and Blyth talk key scenes from the first roadtrip moment to the Bamboula’s dance scene as well as their feelings of bringing the first Emily Henry book adaptation to life.—
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The boy quickly ascends the interior staircase, rushes into the corridor and clears the steps to the garret in three leaps.—
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Last year, Colorado made the leap to the Big 12 Conference.—
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According to Pinterest Predicts, more and more people are skipping one-and-done scents in favor of a unique layering experience known as scent stacking.—
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But for people who skip the barber, hate appointments or just want a quick cleanup at home, the idea makes sense.—
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That’s why the team turned to look into how these insects transition between jumping, flapping, and gliding.—
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The new season of Prime Video's high-octane thriller jumps eight years ahead of the explosive Season 1 finale with Pine running a quiet surveillance unit in London under the alias Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer.—
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From low-rise jeans and velvet tracksuits to straightened hair and group shots at school sports games, prom, and campus hangouts, the photos show a life that mirrors teen comedies from the era likely featuring Amanda Bynes, Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff.—
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In addition to attending prom together, the couple have made appearances at select red carpet events together, including the season 4 premiere of Stranger Things in 2022.—
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Yates subsequently joined the San Diego Padres and enjoyed the longest sustained success of his career before bouncing to Atlanta, Texas and the Dodgers over the past three seasons.—
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The first goal was on a bouncing puck in front of the net that DeBrusk made a play on.—
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For years, the festival drew crowds to Addison Circle Park for restaurant tastings, food trucks, and live music.—
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What began as a few socially distanced pop-up events quickly evolved into a local weekend staple, appearing at farmers markets, festivals, restaurants and other retail venues.—
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In a state bounded on three sides by seawater, where water courses through underground aquifers and some 50 inches of rain falls annually, a series of historic efforts to drain the Everglades have made modern Florida possible.—
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More than 60% of those arrests — nearly 1,200 — occurred in the Harrison District, roughly bounded by Division Street, Roosevelt Road, Western and Cicero avenues.—
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“Hop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hop. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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