skylarker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skylarker
Noun
  • Officials said nearly 100 monkeys broke through part of an enclosure at the Lopburi Municipality Animal Nursery.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Some data suggest that, at least in captivity, more than a third of squirrel-monkey babies may die, Lia Betti, an anthropologist at University College London and one of the study’s authors, told me.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Her madcap, occasionally ultra-violent quest leads us down dark alleys in Chinatown and into chic midtown hotel bars.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • The emotional stakes — which also involve a thieving street urchin (Baltasar Espinach) the De la Vegas adopt — are real.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Tom loves Rhoda’s pairing of sweet potato and urchin, calling it something genuinely new.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
    Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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“Skylarker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skylarker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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