variants
or curveting
as in dancing
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Morrissey, who was dancing dangerously on the blue line from his first shift of the game — and who scored the goal that broke the deadlock in Winnipeg’s favour — singlehandedly redefined Winnipeg’s margin for error in the first period against the Blues.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026 -
There was that incredible band that was playing above and then walked down, and then everyone started dancing.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sebastian Berhalter played an arcing free kick to the center of the area and Laborda put away a leaping volley.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The last-place Giants, who came in with a major league-low five homers, just missed a potential third long ball when Taylor Ward made a leaping grab at the left-field wall to rob Harrison Bader in the eighth.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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For a simple take, these noir wide-leg capris at Amazon are a sophisticated style that’ll become a quick go-to replacing jeans while museum hopping or shopping in a city like Paris or Madrid this spring.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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In a video posted to Instagram, both singers are seen hopping on motorcycles in their respective parts of town and speeding through the city streets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The latter maintains an exuberant push-and-pull between Rushen’s electric piano, bounding with lightness and dexterity, and her classmate Bobby Bryant’s blaring tenor saxophone.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
22 Mar. 2026
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Gray will play Lisa, an EMT and partner to the team of lifeguards bounding down Venice Beach.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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The draw isn’t merely about skipping the commute.—
Lucy Jones
April 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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For comets, sublimation of ices – when solid ice turns directly into gas, skipping the liquid phase – is the primary culprit.—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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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
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The other two shots were right at the rim, while the Hawkeyes hit a loping 3-pointer.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Does springing forward in early March leave you feeling discombobulated during your commute?—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Spring is springing, April Fools' Day is coming as March starts Apriling, and Cincinnati has jokes.—
Rasputin Todd,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Curvetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvetting. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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