as in monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
he's a little mischief who means no harm
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Noun
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Fieldwork in Borneo offered groundbreaking insights into the behaviors of human blood-feeding mosquitoes versus those that prefer to feed on monkeys, Walton said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026 -
The Broward County Commission has shot down a proposal that would have cleared the way for a property owner to put up warehouses on and near environmentally sensitive land, some of which has been home to a colony of African vervet monkeys since the late 1940s.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Other propaganda compared Native people to buffalo, cats, dogs, and devils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Mischiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischiefs. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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