How to Use funny business in a Sentence
funny business
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There was no funny business, nothing.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Meloni and Hargitay ought to be there too, just in case any funny business goes down.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 June 2026
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These officers can outrun you, outmaneuver you through dense downtown traffic and scout out any funny business in large crowds.
—Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.
—Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
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The government in Budapest alleged money laundering—a charge bolstering its claims that Ukrainians are engaged in funny business beyond their borders.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
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