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pounced

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past tense of pounce

as in attacked

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Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that so far this year, Russia had attacked targets close to Romania's frontier 54 times, representing a significant increase on the 28 attacks close to the border in all of 2025.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

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Her father drank apple juice, romped in the garden, and remembers his time in Madras fondly.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Keegan not only rescued Newcastle from relegation in 1991-92; the following campaign his team romped to the second-division title and surged into the Premier League.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 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
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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Kids frolicked in the new Nikki Spoelstra Play Forest, one of the segment’s highlights, while a band played and vendors hawked food by South Miami City Hall as advocates and officials spoke at the dedication.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Kaia Gerber and Hailey Bieber have frolicked NYC’s streets in Repetto’s slim ballet flats and pumps.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 July 2026

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