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leg-pull

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Definition of leg-pull

as in caper

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Last week, several cast members were added to the third season of Netflix crime caper The Gentlemen.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Regional authorities said that the entire caper was conducted within three minutes and that the thieves targeted the most valuable paintings in the museum, which occupies the French old master’s one-time residence.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of caper

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McDonagh’s decision to depict Jara, who was murdered by members of Pinochet's regime, is yet another reminder that beyond the buffoonery of Chris and Lee, lie the stories of real people like Ahumada and Puelma.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Irwin knows how to clown an audience, and in this enjoyable, broadly comic interpretation, the buffoonery is at least as much the point as some pointed critiques of modern-day American health care.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of buffoonery

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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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Similarly, Mace fell out with the president after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, with the congresswoman saying his legacy had been wiped out and that he should be held accountable for the attack.

— Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
The country has also been rocked by weeks of mass protests over the soaring cost of living and conditions in schools which escalated into violent riots.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of riot

Noun

The let’s-put-on-a-show energy and enthusiasm on display in its pages is hard to resist.

— Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
The role required Cruise to transform with prosthetics (including a fat suit and thinning white hair) and a put-on Southern accent, but, mostly, the absurdist satire demanded his full acting range.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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