capers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The pair likes off-the-beaten-path capers while traveling, Rodrigues said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
"Stranger Things definitely needs to switch off its boombox, hang up its catapults and admit it's too old for these capers, but it's worth indulging it one last time," Seale wrote.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
The ding on these capers is that there’s always too much casting.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
She suggests serving it with lox, crème fraîche, capers and sliced red onions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
He told us about the sauce he was making, a putanesca, how he had prepared it the way Sophie taught him, shot full of capers, anchovies, olives, garlic, hot peppers.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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