caper

The smoky-salty bite of salmon chased by a caper.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Coincidences and wisecracks abound in this fast-paced caper: Think “Knives Out” meets “Fargo.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

DiCaprio and Jordan will face stiff competition from Timothee Chalamet, who is hotly tipped to win his first Oscar for his role in table tennis caper Marty Supreme.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

What Johansson also learned is that Squibb, star of last year’s acclaimed caper “Thelma” and the voice of Nostalgia in “Inside Out 2,” adds extra gloss to a project and is genre-adaptable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Noodles, on the other hand, as usual, was all about pulling a caper.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

A small jar of drained capers, some lightly crushed with the side of a fork, suspended in a generous slick of olive oil.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

I had the kombu-cured Japanese hamachi with navel orange, capers, chili, and kohlrabi—bright, balanced, and just a little spicy.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026

The pair likes off-the-beaten-path capers while traveling, Rodrigues said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

"Stranger Things definitely needs to switch off its boombox, hang up its catapults and admit it's too old for these capers, but it's worth indulging it one last time," Seale wrote.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

It was delicious, thick with rice and chunks of chicken, cubed potatoes, green olives, and capers.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Her two dogs, Emma and Bubba, capered into Speier’s sunny living and dining room, lightening the mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

Addie, a lefty who mastered the monkey bars at two, capered about like a leprechaun, indifferent to the fate of her swooping forehands.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

At one point, a dancer in a long-snouted mask capered in front of what might have been a visually distorted car park.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2015

Proud of its burden, the horse tossed its head and capered, while Hamlet acknowledged the crowd with grand gestures.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There’s a scene in “Don’t Worry Darling” where Harry Styles, playing a character named Jack, is shown onstage at a large raucous gathering, spinning and capering before the crowd in a frenzied solo dance.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

This ensemble piece, a communal chorus of witnessing, had a capering quality in the theater as it summoned Till back to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

He has described Flavor, with his comic-strip grin and giant clock medallion, as “a visual character with audio bonuses”: the capering hypeman in a band otherwise defined by stony-faced gravitas.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2020

These “Henry V” characters — swaggering English soldiers, conceited French aristocrats and even the clergy — are irresistible, capering clowns, rarely far from fisticuffs or mayhem.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2018

The cornhusking was forgotten, the fun of it, the singing, the capering that had gone on while they husked the corn.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry