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cavort

[kuh-vawrt] / kəˈvɔrt /


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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

Much of the fun in Taylor’s “Diggity” lies in watching the dancers cavort at high speed through the obstacle course of dogs.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2022

They named him Match in honor of the occasion and sent him over to the barn to cavort with Pocatell and Seabiscuit’s guard dog, Silver.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2022

After watching the cats’ cavorts, Dr. Miyazaki and his colleagues felt certain the chemicals were providing some benefit.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2021

He cavorts on an Athens rooftop with Greek artist Eleni Mylonas, who is wearing a military-style jacket and a headpiece adorned with a tiny Statue of Liberty.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2020

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

The sand cavorts around like spring lamb and peas.

From The High Calling by Sheldon, Charles Monroe

The boys cavorted about the stage, kibitzing with bandleaders and the audience alike.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Heidegger’s noble guests cavorted as milkmaids, chimney sweeps, gypsies, “Indian kings” and even a “nude” Adam wearing a body stocking and fig leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

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

These were the playful scenes Wednesday at the Berlin Zoo, where animals feasted on and cavorted with leftover Christmas trees.

From Washington Post Dec. 30, 2021

Around her, the theater crowd guffawed and cackled as three microraptors that had been adorned with flowers and fruits cavorted in ridiculous circles across the stage.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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

At the age of 80, he's still cavorting around the world, playing sold out shows, recording new music and even writing a book about his beloved model train set.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

Then I saw a clown in bright fantastical garb cavorting about the room.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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