prance
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All the better to be able to wiggle, shimmy and prance your way around it.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
Also, is it really necessary for him to prance on top of the dugout in the ninth inning disrupting the view of the fans?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
“That doesn’t I mean have to put on a red-white-and-blue shirt and prance around a hall or whatever,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
“Inside, Amber is actually a ‘My Little Pony’ cartoon, and if you watch carefully, she will prance around and sing and a rainbow will come out of her mouth and it’s great,” Davis says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2021
I was not happy with this unpaid duty, either, especially when I had to watch Sam Houston and Lamar prance off to the gin and come home with money.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Mousseau said the team has grown close to some dogs, naming one Prancer because she excitedly prances around when she sees people.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
In The Unseen Queen, the BBC's beautiful documentary of family-filmed footage of the young princess, Lilibet prances and dances, pranks and laughs.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
Sometimes his comic instincts do pay off, as when Thor, Jane and friends crash a neo-Olympian, Vegas-ready paradise called Omnipotence City, where Crowe’s Zeus preens, prances and speaks in a hilariously awful Greek accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
And sometimes Mitski’s charming prances around the stage in her flowy dress or pantomimed door-knocking in “Should’ve Been Me” warranted a snapshot.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
She prances about, swishing her gown left and right, beaming brighter than a morning-lantern as she waits for us to gush over her.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Though Francesco is only a month into his journey as a traveling cast member, he pranced about the ring Wednesday with the confidence of a seasoned ringmaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
I could see his wild imagination at work and his interest in being an entertainer as he pranced around the house doing Elvis impersonations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Ramirez’s 4-year-old daughter - who pranced behind her mother, blowing bubbles and popping the ones that landed in her brown curls - has a lung condition.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Rewatching footage of her son bursting with youthful exuberance as he pranced on a soccer field, Fida Zalabani refuses to believe he tried to kill anyone.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
He kept a stony silence as Jorge pranced around, trying to work on Matt’s nerves.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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He was prancing about and really getting into it.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
On May 14, almost exactly 43 years later, the track was No. 1 again, prancing to the top of Spotify’s global chart following the release of the biopic “Michael.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The beige and blue mosaic of a prancing bull surrounded by a coat of arms is located in the city's historic 19th-Century Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Yet the brand with the prancing horse logo took several years before deciding to throw its hat into the all-electric ring.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
My little cousin is prancing around the room with her nose pointed high.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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