cavort
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The very first Christmas single is definitely scripted, but there’s still ample room for the four Beatles to cavort.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
Chekhov’s characters cavort in dachas, while Beckett’s take up residence in trash cans — but they all feel the stifling dread and purposelessness of existence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Look at them grin and cavort amid the food scraps in an activity that the movie will have us know tightens the familial bond.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
From the youngster's lower perspective, however, she spotted marvelous beasts that appeared to cavort on the cave roof.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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With some deft, haunting touches in the lighting by Brad King and illusions by Skylar Fox, the cast cavorts grandly on Maruti Evans’s leafy suburban set.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
He cavorts on an Athens rooftop with Greek artist Eleni Mylonas, who is wearing a military-style jacket and a headpiece adorned with a tiny Statue of Liberty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
In a video, Mr. Cattelan cavorts with a cutout of a gold toilet under the slogan “Great artists steal.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 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
The boys cavorted about the stage, kibitzing with bandleaders and the audience alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
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
Hushpuppy, always ready for a new game, cavorted around Tidbit, barking wildly.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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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
The three-judge panel found that even though the dangers of cavorting with wild animals for a public show were understood, SeaWorld should have done more to protect its human performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
There is something sad about palm trees cavorting all over curtains when you are not in Florida but are instead in Georgia.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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