frolic
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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
They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king’s court.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It also includes unseen live performances and backstage frolics.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021
When it’s not locked, her son frolics in the playground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2020
But even that isn’t all fun and underwater frolics.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
The hard black seeds that passed rapidly through the guts of those big, hairy beasts likely found good places to grow in the wakes of their canopy-opening frolics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
“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
In Chicago, people who would normally be in winter gear to fight off the city’s famously bitter winter winds instead frolicked around Lake Michigan’s shores in light jackets or even shorts and T-shirts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
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
The dwarf frolicked over to the nearest ballista, which his red-furred friend was priming to launch.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
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 frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The Dodgers easily swept the best-of-three duel with the overmatched Reds on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium with a frolicking 8-4 victory … just in time to uneasily hike into the home of heated hardball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
And now she was in Paris frolicking with a man who worked in the wireless while Emily cared for her children.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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