as in danced
to play and run about happily
as summer drew to a close, the children spent their days wistfully capering on the beach
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Under Moe, the Nuggets made the playoffs nine straight times, reached the Western Conference semis on four occasions and danced it all the way to the conference finals in 1985.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026 -
As marching bands passed by, the music echoing through the city streets, people danced and cheered.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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But in order to make good on the movie-ness of it all, Johnson and McCarrol leaped and ran and dived into the sky, all for the sake of booking a concert at the beloved Toronto venue Rivoli.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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So many of Vitello’s qualities have been on display during his whirlwind, frequent-flier accruing offseason after Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey leapt with both feet out of the box while selecting the team’s next manager.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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The 26-year-old from Plano, Texas, immediately hopped onto the kiss-and-cry stand to raise her teammate’s hand in victory.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Other brands that have hopped on the protein trend include Subway, which added Protein Pockets to its menu, and Chipotle, which dropped a High Protein Menu – complete with a 4-ounce cup of meat.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Children romped around in the park’s playground while adults went from booth to booth speaking with various vendors and gathering resource handouts.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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With a 56-22 dismantling of Oregon, Indiana has romped through this College Football Playoff like nothing the sport has seen in years, if ever.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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The trucks hauling the snow frolicked in the water, sending dirty gray ripples toward me.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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Over at the three tiers of pools during a late spring weekend visit, couples in stylish swimsuits lounged around the adult’s only pool, groups of friends sipped margs while wading in the main Mother-of-Pearl pool, and kids frolicked in the separate splash pad area.—
Lizbeth Scordo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company tumbled 6% after Palo Alto issued a weak earnings forecast for the current quarter.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
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Last week, Wall Street shook when stocks of software and other companies tumbled as investors hunted for companies that could be potential losers if AI ends up remaking the world and their industries.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Fox frisked Mangione at the McDonald's on East Plank Road in Altoona as he was being detained for allegedly handing police a fake ID bearing the name Mark Rosario.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Mitchell was pursued on foot by police to 63 Washington Street, where he was apprehended and frisked.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Capered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capered. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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