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Recent Examples of scaramouch
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
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Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaramouch
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With Edusei’s fastidious beat, the orchestra played with hair-trigger precision, and a huge dynamic range, in Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso.Dallas News, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2022
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Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.Dallas News, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
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Fifth course: Giant cream puff, sugared blackberries, caramel and candied pecans.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Desserts include a sundae bar with ice cream, an assortment of toppings and a cream puff.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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This made us—with all our human, mortal limitations—rather like the God of all those past centuries of belief, or should that be credulity: the God who retained and stored away everything in his motley, moveless time, in which nothing was new or old, remote or recent.Margaret Jull Costa, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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Friday Celebrate the grand opening of the Naylor Savanna at the San Antonio Zoo, which will triple the habitat space for animals like zebras and ostriches.Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
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Another highlight is Titian’s drawing of an ostrich (circa 1550), which expertly captures the animal’s fluffy plumage and sturdy legs.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
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Her face was still painted, but her jester’s cap was replaced by two massive, blonde pigtails.Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Her classic court jester suit has attracted lots of searches from costume planners this year.The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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Fans of the Texas Longhorns can get a sneak peak at two UT teams this week.Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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McDonald's is bringing back the fan favorite McRib sandwich in Michigan this December, with an early sneak peak that includes a splash of sauce.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Pursued by a cadre of criminals (including Colman Domingo), the two women fall in love and get into all sorts of madcap antics along the way.Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
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Norris' very difficult day-to-day is complicated by the antics of his son Cooper (Jacob Lofland), who dropped out of college to work on an oil crew, his promiscuous daughter Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) and his walking cliché of an ex-wife, Angela (Ali Larter).Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
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Death comes for us all, but not before time makes fools of us first.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Being thought of as cool is a little bit of a fool’s errand for parents and other adults when coolness, like language itself, is a moving target.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Scaramouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaramouch. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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