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leg-pull

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as in caper

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Third place was Japanese director Sabu’s Arrested Memory, a crime caper about a detective with dementia who unwittingly wanders off with a multimillion-dollar ransom, sending cops and criminals on his trail.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
To serve it as part of a larger menu, consider following it up with salmon—try Martha’s pan-seared salmon fillets with caper-lemon compound butter.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of caper

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Over at Team Mauve’s house, the prank starts falling into place when Green and his teammates Jodie Sweetin and Beverley Mitchell get a knock on the door regarding a pizza delivery.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
The Muskego Police Department is warning Muskego High School students about consequences of pranks causing damage after the department received over 20 complaints in less than two weeks.

— Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of prank

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Tom Cruise has built a career on jumping out of airplanes, scaling skyscrapers and performing other high-wire antics in the name of entertainment.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Tired of Luann’s antics already, Porsha chats with the other women during it, and Luann doesn’t just yell at her from the stage but walks into the crowd to scold her face-to-face into the microphone.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

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To make their mission abroad bearable, the doctors, nurses, administrators and soldiers of the Korean War turned to humor, especially practical jokes.

— Rachel Flynn, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
In order to make their kissing scenes even more awkward, the late Larry Hagman would play practical jokes on his Dallas costar Linda Gray.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of practical joke

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That show includes animation and sketches as well as absurdist act-outs and character portraits, like Patel’s parody of one-man shows.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
In another sketch, Webb and Olivia Colman parody a makeover show and are confronted by a woman in a burqa.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of parody

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Bdap had been accused by Vietnamese authorities of organizing anti-government riots in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak in 2023, in which nine people were killed, including four police officers and two government officials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
South Africa has repeatedly turned to the army in times of crisis, from enforcing strict Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 to deploying troops during the deadly riots sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma in 2021.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

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