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verb

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Recent Examples of lark
Noun
Most of the collisions were birds, including bald eagles, owls larks and mallards, but some of the strikes included prairie dogs, bats, coyotes and rabbits. Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025 An unkindness of ravens, a parliament of owls, an exaltation of larks! Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
And it was discovered by accident, when Delap and a few team-mates were larking about in training. Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Before proceedings got under way Fallon was seen larking around at the front of the audience hall, before quickly being told to get to his seat as the pope was about to walk through the door. Christopher Lamb, CNN, 14 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for lark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lark
Noun
  • That’s after the European Central Bank confirmed the yellow metal had overtaken the euro on the back of feverish buying sprees that have pushed its price to record highs over the last 12 months.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • So too did Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Caroline Fraser, just 7 years old and mere miles away during Bundy’s 1974 summer murder spree.
    Time, Time, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Lorde accompanied the former with a video of herself alone throughout New York before meeting up with fans and dancing in the center of Washington Square Park.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • Even the most obsessive dancing queen will find fresh storytelling and breadth in these pages.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Total investment on film and prestige TV in the U.K. in 2024 leaped 31% to $7 billion, the second-highest year on record, according to figures from the British Film Industry.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Families can explore vibrant coral reefs, check out Wahoo Bay (a marine conservation area), or hop on a glass-bottom boat tour to spot colorful fish without even getting wet.
    Rita Wells, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • From applying lotion to keep your skin moisturized to hopping into a bath, speeding up the sunburn healing process is possible with a few tips and tricks.
    Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Unruh, a junior from Cheyenne Wells, romped through the girls Class 1A 100, 200 and 400 meters finals Saturday.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
  • Dead by Daylight Dead by Daylight has evolved from a gory, goofy multiplayer romp to a shockingly nuanced e-sports-adjacent platform.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • An escaped pet zebra that went on the lam in Tennessee was captured Sunday after gamboling in the forest for more than a week.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • She's pictured laying on the beach, in front of zebras grazing, and frolicking in a pool.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • The bubbly, feel-good record soundtracks the flirty campaign video, which sees Doja frolicking around the NYC streets and treating the concrete jungle like her own personal spa resort.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 5 May 2025

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“Lark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lark. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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