practical joke

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Recent Examples of practical joke Each birth anniversary, there’s a well-meaning but hurtful practical joke. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024 Each birth anniversary, there's a well-meaning but hurtful practical joke. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024 Ancient Romans and Celts celebrated a festival of practical jokes and pranks around the time of the March equinox. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024 Turns out, Hart was there to play a practical joke on his Celebrity Prank Wars cohost Nick Cannon. Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for practical joke 
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Noun
  • Halloween may be a time for ghouls, goblins, and harmless pranks, but in the digital landscape, there’s a new trick with devastating consequences.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Chrissy Teigen was not expecting John Legend's reaction to her Halloween mask prank.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But note the fun trick of resizing or even rotating the cloned objects: People Beautifier PhotoDirector's People Beautifier tool has four subsets: Face Tools, Face Deblur, Body Shaper, and Skin Smoother.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • For example, have the dog chase a ball or do a trick and reward the behaviors.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Separated a documentary film directed by Errol Morris Adam Kirsch In Search of Fullness In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In many ways, this reflects a shift in consumer expectations, with younger customers placing a premium on experiences over products.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Lacking the self-conscious grimness of Arrow that initially kept it away from four-color adventures, The Flash was immediately liberated to go full comic book, kickstarting the small-screen answer to the MCU.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • What’s the best way to prepare for an adventure race?
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024

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