curvet

Definition of curvetnext

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Verb
  • Some don’t have any visible Ferrari branding at all – much as how, minus its prancing horses, the Luce doesn’t share much of its maker’s DNA.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • Her figures lounged, stood, or in one instance danced in unadorned, nearly empty interiors composed with broad, feathery brushstrokes.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
  • Complete with a red carpet and a dancing humanoid robot, the event could have been mistaken for a science fiction Hollywood premiere.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • On my way back to the pew, the guilt was still there, loping doggedly at my side.
    Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Both Donald and Si attended Syracuse University for a while but leaped impatiently into the family business well before graduation.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • Yet, with several new locations, including the Italian Alps in all of their winter glory, and a group of utterly talented actors whose chemistry leaps off the screen, the show remains a world very much worth checking out.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • The first phase of the development will involve two 14-story towers to be constructed in the parking lot space bounded by 63rd Street on the north, 64th Street on the south, the Metra Electric tracks on the east, and Dorchester Avenue on the west.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Dressed almost entirely in black clothes more suitable for winter despite temperatures still hovering in the 80s, the 41-year-old singer bounded onstage and immediately established a tone that was equal parts concert, confessional and motivational speech.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 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
  • Three sitting rooms are complemented by a further three members’ social spaces for carousing in, concealed behind a subtle screen (here, DJs including Goldierocks make appearances, and mobile snaps are banned; staff politely place a sticker over mobile camera lenses).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
  • Bethany takes the explosive event as a sign to reunite with her old girlfriend Nel (Lena Góra), and carouse across lofts, clubs, and back alleys, leaving her erstwhile partner stranded.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Curvet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvet. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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