bounding

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The last decade has seen a harlequinade of big shots, celebrities, pundits and politicians bounding across the proscenium wearing stage makeup and playing different characters successively, like Peter Sellers in “Dr. Strangelove.”

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

I stopped worrying about everything I normally worry about and instead tried to imagine that I was a young boy, bounding through the forests of New England, where I grew up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

By this point, she's having a blast – bounding across the catwalk every night, and dropping to her knees between songs to talk to the audience at eye level.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

Spiderman famously does whatever a spider can—including spinning webs and bounding though the air.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2024

“Hi,” the girl says, bounding over to greet me, “I’m Spike.”

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon