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[kuh-vawrt] / kəˈvɔrt /


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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

‘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

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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