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cavort

[kuh-vawrt] / kəˈvɔrt /


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Once that stops, the sheep open their eyes and cavort around happily as if nothing had happened.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

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

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

In the latter, he brings a virtuoso’s zest to the dance rhythms and bluesy clusters that cavort in the composition’s opening minutes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 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

With some deft, haunting touches in the lighting by Brad King and illusions by Skylar Fox, the cast cavorts grandly on Maruti Evans’s leafy suburban set.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

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

Up goes his head and tail, he buck jumps, cavorts, gambols, kicks up his heels, bounds stiff-legged, and generally performs like an irresponsible infant.

From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White

Raw when he needed storm or battle; extra excited when Valkyries cavorted with horses; effusive when emotion took over senses; tender when morality mattered.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced last year to 25 years in prison for fraud, cavorted with football great Tom Brady and spoke on stage with former President Bill Clinton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

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

Hushpuppy, always ready for a new game, cavorted around Tidbit, barking wildly.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

The three creatures became one ecstatic tangle of golden, white, and black fur, cavorting in the moonlight.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins




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