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capriole

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verb

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Verb
  • McCarron was just as upset as every other Alabama fan who had to watch the Florida State Seminoles romp the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Spencer crafts a delightful enemies-to-lovers romp with enough naughty tennis and pickleball puns to fill a ball machine.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens' outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an anti-Semitic caper.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Redford and Newman play grifters in 1936 Chicago who fleece Robert Shaw’s rich mobster in this memorable caper that went on to win best picture.
    Lindsey Bahr, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a new warning, a senior Iranian army official said Tehran was ready to broaden its military reach beyond conventional strikes if attacked.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Taylor fills the bootstraps of Perfidia Beverly Hills, a formidable leader armed with a rifle fighting for the cause, her main prerogative is to overtake the institutions that imprison and attack vulnerable groups.
    Essence, Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spotify has yet to confirm whether it's changed its limit of six skips per hour.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His voice took a few beats to settle, but in the meantime who wouldn’t be captivated by Martin’s joyful skips, knee bends, winks and grins?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 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
Noun
  • The New England Patriots secured a notable bounce-back win in Week 2 after some panic set in for the fanbase following a disappointing opener.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Myers’ kick took its first bounce just ahead of the 10-yard line.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • On Thursday, the 40-year-old pop star was spotted taking a dip in the ocean and frolicking on the beach in Miami, Florida.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Contreras tagged Randy Rodriguez’s hanging slider in the bottom of the ninth, cavorting around the bases while his teammates spilled out of the home dugout.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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