caper
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The movie becomes a sort of caper in which Mr. Fielder is joined by a fellow amateur sleuth investigating the two personalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Instead, it tilts into becoming a caper flick as Seyfried’s commitment to understanding her character’s motivation inspires the actor to invite herself along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Later, the film veers somewhat off course when it turns into a low-level comic crime caper in which Ha-Chan’s obsessive nature creates some strange situations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This week, we learned about a presidential caper.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
He peeped into the bag and cut a caper of delight when he saw the buns.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Wild king salmon topped with tomatoes, olives and capers was accessorized with a puff pastry in the shape of a cartoon fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He recommends chicken piccata, a bright and acidic dish that’s heavy on butter, capers, lemon juice and lemon zest.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026
Or maybe just revelling in the Canadian capers.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
You can’t help but laugh at de capers they cuts.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Her two dogs, Emma and Bubba, capered into Speier’s sunny living and dining room, lightening the mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Elvis impersonators capered all over the Nicolas Cage comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas,” part of a running shtick.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2017
Clay, the new champion, capered along the ring apron, shouting at the press: “Eat your words! I shook up the world! I’m king of the world!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
He capered out from under the porch where he lived in hot weather, and ran circles around us, dropping down to slide his hind end in the weeds.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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But as respectful as writer-director Jon Watts is toward creating opportunities for wise-ass capering, the movie is curiously both a labored and lax attempt at restoring that luster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
There’s a scene in “Don’t Worry Darling” where Harry Styles, playing a character named Jack, is shown onstage at a large raucous gathering, spinning and capering before the crowd in a frenzied solo dance.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
That capering, shifty Jordan Poole’s 31 points came off the bench.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022
He has described Flavor, with his comic-strip grin and giant clock medallion, as “a visual character with audio bonuses”: the capering hypeman in a band otherwise defined by stony-faced gravitas.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2020
“No; only of my cares,” he shouted gaily, capering about with the children clinging delightedly to him.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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