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cavort

[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

One of my favorite images from this episode is Kate, sober in her jammies but trying to appear game while Jaclyn and Laurie cavort with the Russians before finally calling “bedtime.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 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

According to an indictment, he said he liked to cavort with inmates because, given their lack of power, they couldn’t “ruin him.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

“The producers would bring in a cat or an anteater or an otter and show it and let it cavort around,” Palmer says.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022

He cavorts on an Athens rooftop with Greek artist Eleni Mylonas, who is wearing a military-style jacket and a headpiece adorned with a tiny Statue of Liberty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

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

The sand cavorts around like spring lamb and peas.

From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon

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

Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

The three-judge panel found that even though the dangers of cavorting with wild animals for a public show were understood, SeaWorld should have done more to protect its human performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

Animals took shape: yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, lilac panthers cavorting in crystal substance.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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