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Recent Examples of prankster
Not with the return of coffee culture but with a new lineup from a YouTube prankster called PUMP energy which contains six hundred milligrams of caffeine per can, in flavors like Lemonade Ice Nicotine and Strawberry Sports-Betting.
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Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Michael Shannon can be a prankster, particularly during interviews conducted over the phone.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Every great car earns a nickname, and this one became known as Jochen, in honor of the late, great Jochen Maas, the bon vivant merry prankster who piloted a Sauber-Mercedes Silver Arrow to victory at Le Mans in 1989.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
TikTok videos often feature variations where pranksters pound on or kick people’s front doors.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Michael Shannon can be a prankster, particularly during interviews conducted over the phone.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Every great car earns a nickname, and this one became known as Jochen, in honor of the late, great Jochen Maas, the bon vivant merry prankster who piloted a Sauber-Mercedes Silver Arrow to victory at Le Mans in 1989.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
TikTok videos often feature variations where pranksters pound on or kick people’s front doors.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In straightforward and compelling prose, Sammy, then 40, tells the story of his vaudeville beginnings, his growth as an entertainer, and his movement through America.—
Questlove,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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The teaser features the nephew of the late superstar entertainer recreating dance moves on stage or from memorable rock videos.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The hilarious hijinks that ensue are centered on a rugby-playing rascal whose initial interests in pulling chicks and working get-rich-quick schemes give way to a lifelong love of writing poetry in the post-Soviet-occupation era of the 1990s.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Eli was, at times, a bit of a rascal.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This new film is a very black comedy that is also a heist story with some bloody violence, along with a bit of knockabout slapstick and a theme of family bonds.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Installing strong antivirus software adds real-time protection against phishing, unsafe links, and rogue apps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the details include a rogue’s gallery of characters who together underscore the whack-a-mole challenge of combating money laundering.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In another film with a less happy outcome, the woman who claims to be the amnesiac’s wife is an impostor who ends up torturing him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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McKelway, who wrote for the magazine from the nineteen-thirties to the sixties, specialized in true-crime stories, bringing to life a gallery of scamps and swindlers and impostors.—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the Zootopia sequel directed by Jared Bush and Bryon Howard, brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), team up again to crack the most perilous and intricate case of their careers.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Yes, McLean is also a furry, whose fursona, SonicFox, is a blue and white anthropomorphic fox.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There is a video cutup that has frequented social media over the last year featuring all of Edwards’ missed shots at the end of close games.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many coaches and players start with a series of film cutups that show leaguewide explosive plays (pass plays of 20-plus yards; run plays of 10- or 12-plus yards) and then their next opponent’s.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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