cavort
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The very first Christmas single is definitely scripted, but there’s still ample room for the four Beatles to cavort.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
Barbie dolls cavort in the office and trendy persons fill the motel’s Barbara bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Throughout "And Just Like That" LTW has been presented as a modelesque queen who occasionally descends from her luxury digs to cavort with Charlotte.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2023
Look at them grin and cavort amid the food scraps in an activity that the movie will have us know tightens the familial bond.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
So Magdalys mostly had to be content with watching the great beasts cavort along outside her window: The lamplighter’s iguanodons would pass first thing in the morning, extinguishing the lanterns as the day broke.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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‘Laurel and Hardy on the Streets of Los Angeles’ It’s all about location, location, location as the legendary comedy duo capers and cavorts in three classic shorts shot right here in SoCal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Margaret cavorts with President Lyndon B. Johnson to win a big loan from the Yanks.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2019
Chad Kelderman is deliciously ridiculous as Olivia’s pompous major-domo Malvolio, and Eric Ray Anderson gleefully cavorts as the sly party dog Sir Toby Belch.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
Shot in black-and-white, he Dolce Vitas before the Trevi Fountain, cavorts with a clown in Fellini homage.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2018
Hey, you cow-wrastlers!" said a not unpleasant voice, and they turned suspiciously as it continued: "You've shore got to hang up them guns with the hotel clerk while you cavorts around on this range.
From Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford
The boys cavorted about the stage, kibitzing with bandleaders and the audience alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Heidegger’s noble guests cavorted as milkmaids, chimney sweeps, gypsies, “Indian kings” and even a “nude” Adam wearing a body stocking and fig leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The sight of teams slumped on the turf and opposing managers stunned while Ferguson and his players cavorted on the sidelines became a constant narrative as a great team achieved great successes.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
On “the beach”—an open stretch of snow between the parking lot and the lifts—skiers cavorted over pony kegs and hibachi grills.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
The island takes its name from the Dutch word for seal, hundreds of which once cavorted in the icy Benguela currents that wash the shores.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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But Mr. Lithgow’s performance is infused with a sneaky playfulness evoking the “broken boy,” as Jessie puts it, still cavorting in the hulk of an elderly man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The challenge for Democrats is that the district doesn’t just resemble Behn’s Nashville-based turf that features hipsters rolling their eyes at bachelorette parties cavorting on pedal bars.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
The official trailer for the sequel shows the chirpy red-capped Italian plumber cavorting with his friends and nemeses in a colourful intergalactic universe.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
At the age of 80, he's still cavorting around the world, playing sold out shows, recording new music and even writing a book about his beloved model train set.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Then I saw a clown in bright fantastical garb cavorting about the room.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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