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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Prince Harry and Meghan hugged, twirled, dipped and danced across the frames taken during their first dance as a married couple, and the shots showed off new angles of her royal reception dress for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026 -
Witnesses recorded the ensuing chaos, one saying the shooter danced on Dustin's body after shooting him.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The sight of Howe leading his players around the ground as Sunderland cavorted in front of their supporters, high in level seven, was excruciating.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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McIlroy hopped a plane and drove over, spending maybe five hours on the course before leaving.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The trespasser hopped the fence and was on the active runway within two minutes before they were hit and killed by a plane taking off.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The average price leaped 19% in April to a new all-time high.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Morris leaped for it, his face a mask of outrage.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Bayern hosts Barcelona on Saturday in the first leg of their semifinal and will hope to make amends after the Catalan club romped to a 7-1 win in their last meeting in the league phase.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In Wisconsin, where presidential elections are normally determined by statewide swings of 2% or less, Taylor romped to a massive win by racking up huge margins in deep blue cities like Milwaukee and Madison while severely eating into usual Republican margins in suburbs and rural areas.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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After training sessions, the dogs frolicked on the sprawling back deck that Annie had transformed into a canine playground, complete with a swimming pool.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
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The trucks hauling the snow frolicked in the water, sending dirty gray ripples toward me.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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Jefferson, having skipped the First Congress entirely, showed up late to the second.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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The EuroBasket winner had skipped her team’s victory celebration to hop on a flight back to the WNBA team prior to receiving the news.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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New apartment construction in Los Angeles County tumbled 33% over the same period, hitting an 11-year low in the three months through December.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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As reading scores tumbled over the past decade, parents, scholars and literacy advocates pushed for teaching methods that align with decades of research about how kids learn to read — largely by sounding out words.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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“Gamboled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamboled. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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