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Recent Examples of prankster
Michael Shannon can be a prankster, particularly during interviews conducted over the phone.
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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
In California, a 45-year-old man who ran down a group of ding-dong ditch pranksters, killing three teenagers, was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2025
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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
In California, a 45-year-old man who ran down a group of ding-dong ditch pranksters, killing three teenagers, was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
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Guided by the examples of Will Smith and Denzel Washington, the entertainer’s mindset is about longevity, range, and impact.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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June was proud to be an entertainer.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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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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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And Eli was, at times, a bit of a rascal.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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In the process of the deal going bad, Vince presumably kills a man with his car, but since it’s never mentioned again during the course of the series, he’s allowed to be treated as a lovable rascal.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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While en route, a rogue AI called PAL (Olivia Colman) commanders an army of robots to launch a worldwide rebellion against humanity.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Look out for these signs that your face products have gone rogue.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
19 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
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He is dismissed as an impostor, but is his story true?—
Phillipa Gregory,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 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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Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
27 Aug. 2024
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One New York Times story from 1937 described the popular costumes as paper-based — King Winter and ghosts for adults; ducks, squirrels, and foxes for kids.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, local wildlife such as coyotes, foxes, dog and alligators often prey on cats.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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