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capriole

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verb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
Verb
  • There is an outdoor play area for dogs, and in case of rain there is space to romp inside as well.
    Kimberly Dishongh, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2025
  • As the camera panned to the right, a golden retriever was spotted sitting against the orange kennel wall alone, looking on as other dogs excitedly romped around.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Salty and tangy on the palate, it’s meant to complement seafood with lots of lemon and capers.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
  • Soderbergh’s elegant, sophisticated spy caper Black Bag, released a few months later, cost quite a bit more (roughly $50 million) and didn’t make its money back at the box office—but that’s no reflection on its quality.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • An adult son had attacked his mother with a machete and ran to a nearby house, according to police.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
  • May 8 India fires attack drones into Pakistan, killing at least two civilians, the Pakistani military says.
    Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Lebron James, Met Gala co-chair, skips due to injury LeBron James will have to wait another year to make his Met Gala debut.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • It’s packed with strand-strengthening ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vegan collagen, and skips sulfates, parabens, and phthalates, which can be irritating to the scalp and hair.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At the end of a long shift, at the end of a long Friday night, a game in search of a hero and a Florida Panthers season in need of one final, fortuitous bounce converged on the most likely player of them all.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • The goal awarded to Sporting KC was the result of a fortunate bounce.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a hundred shiny black calves are frolicking in the pastures, including twin bulls (birthweight of 72 pounds each) whose mother is completely unruffled by this unusual occurrence and its maternal responsibilities.
    Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
  • In an April 27 photo carousel, Meghan, 43, shared adorable snaps of Lilibet, 3, and Archie, 5, frolicking in a garden area.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Barbie dolls cavort in the office and trendy persons fill the motel’s Barbara bar.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • In their debut Talk to Me, the Philippou brothers viscerally translated the emotional experience of cavorting with the spectral.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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