disports

present tense third-person singular of disport
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Verb
  • Zoë has been Artemis' right-hand warrior for more than 2,000 years, giving her a more serious nature that amuses modern demigods.
    EW.com, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the film, Bajpayee plays the police officer while Jim Sarbh essays the role of the killer who goes by the fictional name Carl Bhojraj.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Soil moisture also plays a huge role, with the MSU Forestry Extension adding that ample precipitation is required for the most robust displays of color.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The flame also dances back and forth for an even more convincing look.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the final seconds of the Sex and the City revival series, Carrie dances down the hallway of her Gramercy Park townhome in a flirty outfit while Barry White plays, embracing her singledom.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Separately, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also displays the hatches from the Apollo 1 command module that prevented three astronauts from escaping a fire in the capsule during a 1967 test on the launch pad.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The humanoid displays visual recognition capabilities during this instance, reacting to a wave by waving back and performing human-like locomotion by imitating humans.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The question is whether that hardware expands or merely entertains.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • By night, Criel entertains guests for intimate dinners — and the occasional artistic performance.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on the sun when the sun's magnetic field exhibits a full magnetic reversal.
    Ryan French, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In contrast, Canada exhibits a much more balanced diplomatic exchange.
    Collin J. Meisel, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Behind the figure stretches another sky chart, which recreates the night above Geneva on September 17, 1755—the date Vacheron Constantin was founded.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Get the recipe > Our contributing editor Fatima Khawaja recreates a childhood-favorite salad in this recipe that calls for feta and chaat masala.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hayley then flashes a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiles and sways in the sunlight.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The film begins with a flashback scene to the beginning of the rage virus, then flashes forward 28 years to an isolated island near the Scottish Highlands, where its inhabitants are isolated from the zombie-like creatures that roam the mainland.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Disports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disports. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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