capers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Or maybe just revelling in the Canadian capers.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Writer-director Joe Carnahan aims for the steadily heightening tension and astonishing action set pieces of great Michael Mann crime capers like “Heat” and “Thief,” but there’s a reason his film can’t match those classics.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
It is a collection that stretches from Kansas to Tennessee to New York, with capers that have only grown more brazen over four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
She suggests serving it with lox, crème fraîche, capers and sliced red onions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
My mom started eating again, delicately picking the capers off the rice with the tines of her fork.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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