caprioled

past tense of capriole

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caprioled
Verb
  • Ticket prices are skyrocketing with the league's biggest market finally back in the series, with tickets inside the Garden so hard to acquire that Knicks fans have instead bought up seats in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland as their team romped through the Eastern Conference playoffs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • In Wisconsin, where presidential elections are normally determined by statewide swings of 2% or less, Taylor romped to a massive win by racking up huge margins in deep blue cities like Milwaukee and Madison while severely eating into usual Republican margins in suburbs and rural areas.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The two sisters entered the restaurant, ran behind the counter and attacked the 23-year-old employee after they were given a wrong order, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between the two countries since February, when Afghanistan attacked Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The figures stitched into the wall hangings writhed and cavorted, glimmering in the torchlight.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wood singled and pinch-hitter Andrés Chapparo walked to load the bases before Miller threw a pitch that skipped past catcher Daniel Susac.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Then there was the question of why Steyer, who’d run for president in 2020 but never held public office before, skipped conventional political stepping stones.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • In fact, on my previous door-to-door rounds in Spuhlja, younger Kurents and devils frolicked in the homeowners’ grassy backyards.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The trucks hauling the snow frolicked in the water, sending dirty gray ripples toward me.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Comedy bucked the trend, ticking up to 71 from 69.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • But this team—assembled via free agency, trades and second-round picks, led by a coach on his fourth stop—has bucked that stereotype.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
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“Caprioled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caprioled. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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