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Recent Examples of prankster
Bringing his Rolling Thunder Revue tour to small stages across the nation, Dylan and his band of merry pranksters (Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez) played music… and so much more.
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Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
With a 10-1 fight record, mostly against mixed martial artists and other pro-boxing newcomers under his belt, Paul, a former child star and YouTube prankster who began his boxing career in 2018, does not lack confidence — or showmanship.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2024
While Margera was central to the show’s core crew of merry pranksters, he was cut loose from Jackass 4 after a drug test returned positive.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Rock is a prankster and big gambler who thrives on taking risks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
With a 10-1 fight record, mostly against mixed martial artists and other pro-boxing newcomers under his belt, Paul, a former child star and YouTube prankster who began his boxing career in 2018, does not lack confidence — or showmanship.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2024
While Margera was central to the show’s core crew of merry pranksters, he was cut loose from Jackass 4 after a drug test returned positive.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Rock is a prankster and big gambler who thrives on taking risks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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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
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With their heavy bodies, the rascals had ridden down the oak trees to crop the luscious acorns from the tree tips.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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Till then, the always-in-hot-water antics of CIA attorney/reluctant spy Owen Hendricks (Centineo) keep us engaged and curious over how the troublemaking rascal is going to get out of another mess he’s made.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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He’s gone fully rogue trying to hunt down this mob boss, even using her client to trick a different member of the gang into testifying for him.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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But soon afterward—and reportedly without clearing her plans with Netflix—Gascón went rogue.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Next comes the financial institution impostor phase.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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In Rankin’s short, Rankin himself plays an impostor posing as the not-so-famous Winnipeg filmmaker Matthew Rankin.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2024
Noun
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There was one spot in particular where the light from the setting sun filtered through the trees, providing a soft rim light to the foxes.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The fox was spotted several times overnight by searchers but remains on the loose, the zoo said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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This year’s Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by comedienne/TV personality Chelsea Handler, TVLine has confirmed.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The comedienne wore her brunette tresses in a braided half-updo, while her makeup consisted of a smokey eye, rosy blush and a glossy nude lip.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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There was too much history for anyone to dismantle, let alone a charlatan like Hitler.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other contributor: Conor O’Neill (Top photo: Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images) Comments W Will S. · 2h 34m ago Because Maresca is a one trick pony charlatan and half of Chelsea’s first team players are more interested in Snapchat & Twitter.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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