variants
or gambolled
as in danced
to play and run about happily
dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn
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There was a whole movie where a dead man danced for 90 minutes.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025 -
It's being reported that this demon who danced on Charlie Kirk's grave has been expelled from Texas Tech.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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McKean, whose many other roles include Charles McGill on Better Call Saul and a recent Broadway stint in a Glengarry Glen Ross revival, recently hopped on a Zoom to talk four decades of Spinal Tap.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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So Banfield hopped out of the cab and started running, making calls on a Motorola flip phone that kept losing signal.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Will Ferrell, who in 2003 successfully leaped from SNL to the big screen with the Todd Phillips hit Old School, was a catalyst for the golden decade of big comedies that followed.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Mohamed Salah leapt for joy in front of the elated away supporters before being mobbed by his team-mates.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Good teams have bad weeks, even bad months; the Mets started horribly last season, and romped into the National League Championship Series.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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Scottie Scheffler romped to a magnificent four-shot victory to seal his first British Open title at Royal Portrush on Sunday, notching his fourth major success.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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Hours after the initial shipping containers fell into the ocean, more containers tumbled onto the port side.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Synopsys — Shares tumbled 35% after the semiconductor tool supplier posted disappointing fiscal third-quarter results.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Some detainees were ordered to put their hands up against a bus as they were frisked and then shackled around their hands, ankles and waist.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Gamboled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamboled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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