as in caper
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The dish to try: The Feta Tempura, crowned with a thick dollop of lemon marmalade and salty caper meringue, is a decade-long favorite among those in the known.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025 -
The caper has underscored a sense that almost nothing is on the level.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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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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There is, in fact, real stagecraft along with the buffoonery.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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His client, Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter , received a prank call on Draft Night from someone claiming to be with the Jacksonville Jaguars.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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Days after Sanders received a prank call from an unknown phone number on the second night of the draft, Ulbrich’s son, Jax, admitted to being the one who obtained and shared the number of Sanders’ private draft phone.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunited to revisit their body-swapping antics in Disney's Freakier Friday, but director Nisha Ganatra reveals to Entertainment Weekly that her vision for the sequel also involved a cameo from another Hollywood icon that ultimately didn't come together.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Bailey, deft and playful, chooses to be his own antic, a droll and often hostile jester.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 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
Noun
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The Department of Justice has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump rioter who was shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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And a path on their property leads up toward the mountains, through a riot of flowering trees and a herd of white horses that Hitinui’s mother tends, to a high tumbling waterfall.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Travelers in the next room heard her screams and called hotel staff, who then called police.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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As his kids play around him, their playful shrieks blend with the screams and explosions of war.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Leg-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg-pull. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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