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
Grand Park’s Lovers Rock Canoodle and/or cavort with your significant other at this free and family-friendly outing that features live music and DJ sets, a pop-up art gallery, a photo booth and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
According to an indictment, he said he liked to cavort with inmates because, given their lack of power, they couldn’t “ruin him.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 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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‘Laurel and Hardy on the Streets of Los Angeles’ It’s all about location, location, location as the legendary comedy duo capers and cavorts in three classic shorts shot right here in SoCal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
The musical cavorts atop your screen as a short course in digital ingenuity and a hectic sprint through a major government screw-up — less deep state than dope state.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
Margaret cavorts with President Lyndon B. Johnson to win a big loan from the Yanks.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 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
Up goes his head and tail, he buck jumps, cavorts, gambols, kicks up his heels, bounds stiff-legged, and generally performs like an irresponsible infant.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced last year to 25 years in prison for fraud, cavorted with football great Tom Brady and spoke on stage with former President Bill Clinton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
While her husband cavorted with Maurice Chevalier and members of the Beach Boys, Ms. Keane painted 16 hours a day in a locked room.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
The maroon goblin cavorted around the room in a feral tantrum, tearing down bookshelves, upsetting toy chests, and snapping the horn off the rocking horse.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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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
Lady Gaga is also teetering around on crutches, cavorting with zombies and crossing the River Styx.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
"Was that you, young feller-me-lad, a-leaping and cavorting just now?"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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