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Recent Examples of prankster
Your inner prankster awakens during Mercury retrograde.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
However, the young prankster alleges Cairo acted more violently than originally believed.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
However, the young prankster alleges Cairo acted more violently than originally believed.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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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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The comic actress was an Emmy Award winner and a beloved entertainer across generations.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lainey Wilson’s current status as an arena headliner, the reigning CMA entertainer of the year winner and Billboard charting hitmaker will be explored through a new Netflix documentary.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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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
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Rather than raze the city days before it was recovered by the Allied forces, Choltitz went rogue, negotiated a truce, and surrendered the city.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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The broom goes rogue, continually pouring buckets of water into an overflowing well.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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His character wakes up from an accident to find out his mother has been replaced by an imposter.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
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In such places – and especially when the would-be ally’s role is highly visible and entails heavy responsibility – people are vulnerable to impostor feelings.—
John M. LaVelle,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Perry was best known for playing lovable wisecracker Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, and also starred in films like Fools Rush In and 17 Again.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The design provides a crucial advantage to a fleeing groundhog, which is otherwise relatively slow moving compared to invading animals like foxes, who may see them as little more than a yummy dinner, the National Wildlife Federation said.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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However, all archaeologists found in this intriguing passage were an iron horseshoe, a fox skeleton, and mammal bones — a puzzling assortment.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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