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In his “Mystic Mandorla,” which is missing its central element, a figure of Christ or Mary, the angels seem almost to cavort as they go about their task.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

The foreground is shadowed, spotted with flowering weeds, while goats cavort among wrecked buildings and fallen columns in the luminous middle ground, where aristocrats once played.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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

They named him Match in honor of the occasion and sent him over to the barn to cavort with Pocatell and Seabiscuit’s guard dog, Silver.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

‘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

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

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

He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

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

These were the playful scenes Wednesday at the Berlin Zoo, where animals feasted on and cavorted with leftover Christmas trees.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021

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

Lady Gaga is also teetering around on crutches, cavorting with zombies and crossing the River Styx.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

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

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury