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Instead, it tilts into becoming a caper flick as Seyfried’s commitment to understanding her character’s motivation inspires the actor to invite herself along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

This week, we learned about a presidential caper.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

Hence her latest caper, which begins with a mission to track down a vintage desk and turns on a dime into a heist tied to a cache of gold.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

His depiction of sordid behavior—like his rich portrait of Mumbai—adds the required texture to this frothy caper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

He would cackle with laughter and caper, if any jest was made, or even if Frodo spoke kindly to him, and weep if Frodo rebuked him.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Wild king salmon topped with tomatoes, olives and capers was accessorized with a puff pastry in the shape of a cartoon fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

He recommends chicken piccata, a bright and acidic dish that’s heavy on butter, capers, lemon juice and lemon zest.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

Or maybe just revelling in the Canadian capers.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

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

Elvis impersonators capered all over the Nicolas Cage comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas,” part of a running shtick.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2017

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

He capered out from under the porch where he lived in hot weather, and ran circles around us, dropping down to slide his hind end in the weeds.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

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

As a general rule, Jackman is better when in capering motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2019

There’s one man among them, though, who can’t quite match their capering exuberance.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2017

I must be closer to her if I am to get the strangler into her cup, yet howl Patchface was capering about as the maester made his slow way around the table to Davos Seaworth.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin