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cavort

[kuh-vawrt] / kəˈvɔrt /


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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

But try to mingle and cavort outdoors or in well-ventilated areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

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

Much of the fun in Taylor’s “Diggity” lies in watching the dancers cavort at high speed through the obstacle course of dogs.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

As I got used to the indignity and the smell, I saw the raccoons cavort around my fireplace and dodge past me.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

‘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

After watching the cats’ cavorts, Dr. Miyazaki and his colleagues felt certain the chemicals were providing some benefit.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2021

Margaret cavorts with President Lyndon B. Johnson to win a big loan from the Yanks.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2019

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

The sand cavorts around like spring lamb and peas.

From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon

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

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

The island takes its name from the Dutch word for seal, hundreds of which once cavorted in the icy Benguela currents that wash the shores.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Goblin had been cavorting, blowing through his nostrils, begging to be let out.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes


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