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Recent Examples of prankster
This was absolutely uncalled for, and on Sunday the misguided prankster apologized.
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
He was not intimidated by plebe hazing and was regarded as a prankster himself.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Fleury, 40, is a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a notorious prankster who is one of hockey’s most vibrant personalities.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
He was not intimidated by plebe hazing and was regarded as a prankster himself.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Fleury, 40, is a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a notorious prankster who is one of hockey’s most vibrant personalities.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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And now, without further ado, an ode to the rogues and rascals who make being hot and doing crimes in this galaxy so fun to watch.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.—
Percy Brown,
Outdoor Life,
12 June 2025
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Things got a little chaotic and dangerous when a rogue wheel momentarily became the star of a monster truck show.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Currently based on Earth, Pablos leads Deep Future, an Invention Capital firm that backs the kind of mad scientists, rogue inventors, and maverick entrepreneurs who are crazy enough to try building a better future.—
Forbes Books Press Release Official,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Job-seeking impostors, including deepfakes, are exploiting the remote work trend, defrauding U.S. companies and potentially threatening U.S. national security, according to experts.—
Anuz Thapa,Hugh Son,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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As in 2023, impostor scams topped the list again last year.—
James Garvert,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
27 Aug. 2024
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Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2024
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Using a network of trail cameras, Wails and her colleagues watched how the island’s ecosystem has evolved over the past decade, and how other predatory species, such as raccoons and opossums, responded to the sudden dearth of foxes.—
Ramin Skibba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Officers responded to more than 100 incidents involving dogs, cats, rabbits, foxes, snakes and raccoons in unincorporated Arapahoe County during the first month, sheriff’s officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 July 2025
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This time, the comedienne was asked back to comment on Newark’s airport safety, acting out a bit while on a JetBlue flight.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Choi is a talented comedienne, so some of her too-drunk drama scenes are entertainingly funny, but at the same time her character’s self-destructive tendencies are also heartbreaking.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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