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as in kidder
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Recent Examples of prankster
Your inner prankster awakens during Mercury retrograde.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
However, the young prankster alleges Cairo acted more violently than originally believed.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Not with the return of coffee culture but with a new lineup from a YouTube prankster called PUMP energy which contains six hundred milligrams of caffeine per can, in flavors like Lemonade Ice Nicotine and Strawberry Sports-Betting.
—Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Michael Shannon can be a prankster, particularly during interviews conducted over the phone.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
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Johnson, a 54-year-old entertainer who hosts gospel brunches and soul nights in Inglewood according to his social media, did not respond to messages or a letter left at his home.—
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Over the course of 120 shows, the entertainer’s gross ticket sales topped more than $100 million.—
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In a time when unemployment is on the rise and the rich are running amok and wreaking havoc on the poor — and the social services in place to support them — who doesn’t love the idea of rogue rascals sticking it to a bougie institution by running off with its crown jewels?—
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The hilarious hijinks that ensue are centered on a rugby-playing rascal whose initial interests in pulling chicks and working get-rich-quick schemes give way to a lifelong love of writing poetry in the post-Soviet-occupation era of the 1990s.—
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This new film is a very black comedy that is also a heist story with some bloody violence, along with a bit of knockabout slapstick and a theme of family bonds.—
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The United States of America is a rogue nation, run by a violent criminal who operates outside the rule of law.—
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There will never again be one rogue program hijacking the sport with attitude and intimidation.—
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In such places – and especially when the would-be ally’s role is highly visible and entails heavy responsibility – people are vulnerable to impostor feelings.—
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Now, artificial intelligence has become the latest battleground for digital impostors.—
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Perry was best known for playing lovable wisecracker Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, and also starred in films like Fools Rush In and 17 Again.—
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According to folklore, a magical fox runs across the snowy wilderness of Lapland, and as its tail brushes against the snowflakes, sparks fly into the sky, creating the lights.—
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The virus has also proved fatal to foxes and skunks in Kansas that likely ate something infected, Hesting said.—
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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