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Noun
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Salty and tangy on the palate, it’s meant to complement seafood with lots of lemon and capers.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025 -
Soderbergh’s elegant, sophisticated spy caper Black Bag, released a few months later, cost quite a bit more (roughly $50 million) and didn’t make its money back at the box office—but that’s no reflection on its quality.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
7 May 2025
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Certainly, an irreverent portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte is warranted, but at two and a half hours of alternating brutality and buffoonery, this movie really tries one’s patience.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2024
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His is a sort of erudite buffoonery that consistently tap-dances between clever, self-aware, and patently stupid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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The abysmal prank — which ran over several toe-curling episodes — became emblematic of a season that couldn’t get off the ground.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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According to Gothamist, which spoke with a Collegiate faculty member who wished to remain anonymous, this year's senior prank — a tradition at the Upper West Side school in Manhattan — mimicked a border patrol checkpoint, offending several students, teachers and administrators.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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The Thunder’s postgame activities are not about antics.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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There will be plenty of people waiting to sign up for Jimmy’s antics.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The doctors, nurses, administrators and soldiers found a way to invoke humor through practical jokes to make their mission abroad bearable.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Shilo often posts videos to YouTube of himself impersonating Sanders or playing practical jokes on his dad.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Wood wasn't the only person to address the SNL parody of The White Lotus, with SNL cast member Bowen Yang speaking about the incident in an interview with Extra.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
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There are plenty of weird conspiracies on TikTok about Beyoncé, both satirical and sincere, and the Zendaya big hat meme is a parody of an unhinged conspiracy theory.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Martin’s nomination had faltered after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) publicly withdrew support, citing concerns over Martin’s embrace of Capitol riot defendants.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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By week’s end, Tionne was back with his mom, obsessed with never setting one foot wrong, lest Coughlin and his riot cops come banging back up his steps.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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Outside, Jamie had witnessed the congestion and the screams of fans, begging the police to do something about it.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Party boats and vacation resorts are just an arm’s reach away, but instead of providing hope, their music serves to drown out the screams.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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“Leg-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg-pull. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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