as in dancing
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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The lights will be dancing across a bridge that has spent nearly a century living in the shadow of its more glamorous Golden Gate sibling just across the water.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Where dancing on sticky living room floors, sneaking beers from your parents' refrigerator and bumping music on stereos were hallmarks of adolescence.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Stocks also bent under the weight of leaping yields in the bond market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Stocks also bent under the weight of leaping yields in the bond market.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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In May 2023, residents in the central city of Erfurt were jolted by the sight of a kangaroo hopping across a busy road after escaping from a private property.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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There is perhaps no sport that is more in thrall to the dictates of orthodoxy than baseball, which is so steeped in tradition that a visit to the ballpark is often a bit like hopping into a time machine.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Gabriel Martinelli was next on the scene, then Jurrien Timber, who was followed by a jubilant William Saliba, cavorting like a hyperactive toddler.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
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Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Trump and Republicans last year aggressively ramped up policies favorable to fossil fuels after romping to an electoral victory in 2024 on a promise to lower the cost of living, including by quelling gas prices.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Families frolicking in this Holidome surely had no idea about the mission of these nine tall gentlemen who trouped in and out.—
Bill Hancock,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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Its alabaster beaches are perfect for shelling, sunset strolls, or spotting dolphins frolicking in the surf, while nearby mangroves and estuaries teem with even more wildlife.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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Seriously, go back and watch the season-nine finale and try to make it through the first hour without just skipping ahead to the lip syncs.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2026
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The often combustible Cronin preached to his players to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Capering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capering. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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