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frolic

[frol-ik] / ˈfrɒl ɪk /




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It’s a rare chance for the kids in this neighbourhood to play outside together, in a space big enough to frolic and safe from traffic.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Traipsing through genres and time periods, these excursions are an opportunity for Bi and his creative team to frolic in various cinematic sandboxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

This was not the barefoot frolic I knew from picnics, not the game of lazy parabolas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

“He laughed more in a morning with you than in two weeks with us. He should frolic with the young folks more, but they’re on their best behavior with a prince.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Clue: It begins with B and rhymes with frolics.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

In the song’s music video, partly filmed in Las Vegas, Anitta frolics around the desert in a cropped plaid shirt, drinks champagne and hits casinos in a limo.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

When it’s not locked, her son frolics in the playground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2020

In it, a mermaid looks at the Atlantic through a telescope as a seal frolics near her fin.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019

“I don’t mean to act any more after this time. I’m getting too old for such things,” observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about ‘dressing-up’ frolics.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"It's getting beyond a joke for a small country town," Peter Hainsworth, 81, told AFP as tourists frolicked on the rolling hills nearby.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

At the Winnick Family Children’s Zoo in Los Angeles, Maury Laham, 71, stood at the railing of the sea lion exhibit as two sleek animals frolicked in the rushing water below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

These huge, nearly grown cats frolicked, racing beside our ATV as we drove the fence line and sparring on their hind legs—behavior I’d seen only in wild tigers.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 2, 2023

Gaetz frolicked in the pungent aroma of his own stench like a dog admiring its flatulence.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

Little lights moving like worms frolicked before his eyes, and the breath of despair had a nasty smell.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Follow the instructions below and you’ll be frolicking among blooms near L.A. before you can say “I’m taking Friday afternoon off!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Some videos show puppies frolicking or close-ups of squirrels, others stream loops of squishy toys enjoyed by other animals or humans.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

The two cubs were frolicking in the corner of the cave.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis


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