gallivant
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And I felt that as I watched adults gallivant around with childlike glee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Deer regularly gallivant into neighborhoods, jumping fences and lounging on front lawns.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
Look at the massive Seville cityscape here, by an unknown painter from around 1660, in which men of lighter and darker skin tones gossip and gallivant on the riverbank as galleons sail by.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
The other besieged children gallivant just as vivaciously, among them Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce, Winter Jarrett-Glasspool as Amanda and Rei Yamauchi Fulker as Lavender.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022
“You know better than to gallivant around wearing corsets and carrying firearms. You’re in your last year! I expect better from students about to graduate.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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