as in caper
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Berger’s Vatican caper lacks the tact and sensitivity in François Ozon’s superb By the Grace of God, even quickly dispensing the repentance of a disgraced African cardinal (Lucian Msamati).—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The plot follows the titular character’s inadvertent entanglement in a high-stakes espionage caper.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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But one celebrity sneakily knows the details of every prank and is faking their reactions.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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The actor added that Steven Spielberg — who directed Temple of Doom and served as a writer and an executive producer on The Goonies — set up an elaborate prank in anticipation of Ford's visit.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Fans quickly pointed out that Pirate Yakuza sees RGG appearing to emulate seafaring games like Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag (2013) and Skull and Bones (2024) in a similar vein, although its over-the-top nautical antics blow them out of the water.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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After the video went viral, many social media users took to the comments section to laud Troy's hilarious antics.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s picks Looked at in the context of Lynch’s larger career — among the most remarkable in film history, but also among the most idiosyncratic — such wide-sweeping popularity almost feels like a practical joke by the universe on David Lynch, or perhaps vice versa.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some guessed that excessive Taser incidents could be officers fiddling with the weapons out of boredom or sparking them as a practical joke.—
Nate Rosenfield,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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The user’s viral review sparked parodies across the app with user @Nathanwituk poking fun at the original poster in a Feb. 23 video.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, disco offered a framework for instrumentalists to play around with, as well as characteristics that cannot be boiled down to logic: there can also be affective reasons, regardless of whether the intent is irony, camp, parody, or the expression of genuine sentiment.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this month, a Washington D.C. judge barred the Proud Boys, a group known for its role in the Jan. 6 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, from selling merchandise using its name or symbols without permission from Metropolitan.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Body camera footage from Capitol Hill police during the riot show Schwartz spraying officers with pepper spray and wielding a baton.—
Jim Axelrod,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Pleas to end the mayhem were also ignored by the crowd as screams and commotion continued to fill the terminal.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the shrieking Ben and Mari hear is more than just screams.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Leg-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg-pull. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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