curvet

Definition of curvetnext

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Verb
  • Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.
    Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
    Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • New Year’s Eve brought music and dancing to the central square.
    Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • How did Jaafar train to sing and dance in Michael?
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The other two shots were right at the rim, while the Hawkeyes hit a loping 3-pointer.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And a study from ICE Mortgage Technology found that insurance premiums leaped 70% in the six-year period between 2019 and 2025.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • James Wood robbed Juan Soto of a home run with a leaping catch at the right-field wall in the first inning and Washington dropped the Mets to a major league-worst 10-21.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The project area is bounded by the Midlothian Turnpike, Central Avenue, 147th Street and Lamon Avenue.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After all, in Game 3, Banchero made a game-clinching 3 in the final minute that bounded high off the back of the rim and miraculously fell through.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.
    Benjamin Lima Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Bethany takes the explosive event as a sign to reunite with her old girlfriend Nel (Lena Góra), and carouse across lofts, clubs, and back alleys, leaving her erstwhile partner stranded.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Others blame social media for hindering crew members from socializing—and carousing—together.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Curvet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvet. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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