monkeyshines

plural of monkeyshine

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Noun
  • Rea allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings, improving to 4-0 with another no-flash performance that did the trick.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Label tricks, regional cues and color considerations for better picking at the wine shop.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Would that all life could be filled with such tomfoolery.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my need for assistance.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Summer promises more educational escapades, with stops in Scandinavia and then north into the Arctic, exploring Spitsbergen, Iceland, and Greenland, before Maverick heads south along the East Coast of the U.S. to the Bahamas for the winter.
    Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Whereas other música Mexicana acts have built massive audiences by singing about their more bellicose escapades, Cornejo has made a name for himself by focusing on matters of the heart.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Mike Vrabel’s back And the horseplay is going to stop, apparently.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Thunder’s postgame activities are not about antics.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • There will be plenty of people waiting to sign up for Jimmy’s antics.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Also, experiences as gifts remain popular in the post-pandemic era, with 36% of men planning to give experiences this year, a rise from 29% in 2019.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Travel, adventure, unique experiences found in only one place on earth—those are the usual suspects.
    Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025
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“Monkeyshines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyshines. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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