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Recent Examples of gallivant Don Jazzy tells me that while most of the industry gallivanted over the festive season, Rema was recording, too. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025 The film is all gun-toting, door-busting, gallivanting action. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2024 The slouchy, relaxed silhouette offers ultimate comfort — a must when gallivanting around town. Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024 Ignoring the state’s crises and residents’ hardship, the governor selected to gallivant around the country to promote himself on national television and introduce himself to voters in battleground states. Tom Lackey, Orange County Register, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for gallivant
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  • George, a backyard community cat who took up residence at the Loma Verde complex in Lakeland, Florida, grew impatient after getting neutered at the local SPCA and wandered nearly three miles back home, according to a press release shared with PEOPLE on Monday, May 19.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Researchers aimed to estimate the number of deaths each year caused by two factors: inadequate fencing to prevent young children from wandering into swimming pools and Americans not wearing a life jacket while boating.
    Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 16 May 2025
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  • Those two have scheduled meet and greets, but other characters like The Invisible Man and Ygor roam throughout Dark Universe.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • The refrigerator was not cold enough and two cats roamed the shop, violating state food code.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
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  • An office that demands wisdom and restraint is now debased with churlish impulsivity, rambling incoherency and overt grift.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
  • The film has a sort of rambling quality, in the sense that there are long sequences.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 May 2025
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  • In April, President Donald Trump floated the idea of deporting U.S. citizens with violent criminal records to El Salvador.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • Trump instead floated the idea of launching lower-level talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican, which are scheduled for mid-June, and backed away from the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Moscow.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025

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“Gallivant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallivant. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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