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Definition of capriolenext

capriole

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verb

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Noun
  • Summer peppers team up with goat cheese and capers in this crowd-pleasing appetizer.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger—a spy caper set in the 1930s—will be published by Knopf (US, Canada) and Faber (UK) on March 9, 2027.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • In November, the president was on hand as the NFL’s Washington Commanders hosted the Detroit Lions, and the visitors romped 44-22.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
    Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • If costs wobble, choose sturdy materials and skip extras, because reliability brings lasting ease that nourishes home life.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
  • José Tena followed with a groundball that Tatis dove to stop and chose to throw to second for what would have been a spectacular out, only to have his low throw skip past Bogaerts.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • Vance, asked by a reporter about the criticism from the Israeli government, singled out Israeli Cabinet officials who have attacked the deal, saying Netanyahu has not shared the same opposition in the vice president's conversations with him.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • After the good Samaritan got him off the woman, witnesses say the man wandered to produce and began attacking a 16-year-old boy, but Garbe had followed him.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Instead of elastic cords that create a vertical bounce, rope jumping uses low-stretch climbing ropes designed to transform a fall into a pendulum-like swing.
    Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • There's no better way to enhance the volume and bounce than what those ringlets can rile up.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Earlier this week, the actress, 35, broke out yet another pair of the sporty bottoms while frolicking around New York City.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Formal dining rooms began disappearing from American homes in the last century, replaced by open kitchens, through which all members of the family can cavort freely, like a splash pad; contemporary Americans apparently have little use for the plate.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • Tiny hangers-on are tucked into pockets and cavort in crevices.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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