larker

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Noun
  • Twenty voices multiply it, adding yodels and monkey noises, the sheer volume making up for the pep talks the crowd doesn’t have time to give.
    Sam MacIlwaine, Outside Online, 16 June 2025
  • Today's monkey torture videos are the products of a digitally connected world.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • But when Amelia goes rogue on a lethal mission for AI to rule the world, Gemma comes to realize that M3GAN is the only one who can stop her.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 June 2025
  • Essentially, two things triggered the LLMs into going rogue.
    David Szondy June 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Liverpool was, in short, a city that generated strong opinions and the advert was effectively sending a powerful message: even Scouse urchins drink milk.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Without sea stars to balance the food web, urchin numbers have exploded.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.
    Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • For all the mortal mischief a nuclear weapons facility could whip up, there is very little radiation risk associated with the job of enriching uranium-235 up to the level of 90% purity needed to produce a bomb.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 June 2025
  • The suspects could face charges for criminal mischief and felony theft valued at $1 million or more, according to authorities.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Larker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larker. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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