bounding

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Normally those events are covered by the Lord Lieutenant, but he came bounding out larger than life.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

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

The best sequence in the whole film is their encounter with two posh suburbanites who simply can’t imagine they’re in danger, bounding right up to them like the Galapagos Islands’ blue-footed boobies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

After a moment, he only nodded and turned back toward the cabin, bounding up the steps.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken