clown
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Mocha, who describes herself as a "fashion clown" and musical theatre lover, says it has taken her nearly a decade to get to this stage but feels it is the "right time".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A child could eat the fries and then go home and watch the clown who sold them solve a mystery.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
She works as a healthcare clown for Boston Children’s Hospital on the side and continues to live by the clowning code: be open-minded and take life with a spoonful of levity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As the young members of the Losers Club look on in horror, the clown addresses them directly with a lethal glare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I should be thrilled, but I imagine I’ll either sink like a stone or flail like a clown.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
In other words, sinister clowns and predatory sea hags are just silly legends until they’re actually trying to kill you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We are F1 drivers. We should not look like kids and clowns trying to ram into each other. That's not what F1 needs."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
A brass band played lively jazz, while a man made giant bubbles with a pair of sticks and clowns sold balloon animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Say you don’t pay much attention to the nitty-gritty of politics and think they’re all a bunch of clowns.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
There was a reason he was one of the class clowns, after all.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
It’s rare to see someone so straightforwardly admit they were clowned.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
“Strangers clowned us,” former Ambassadors player Victoria Henson told me the other day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
His song Thick Of It, which features Trippie Redd, was nominated for song of the year - despite being something he was "clowned for".
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Morale seemed high among Granite’s troops this week, as a short-range team clowned around despite being on duty long into the early morning hours as Kyiv’s air defenses took down 35 explosive Iranian-made Shahed drones.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
The same old boys showed off trading cards and clowned around nearby.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
She works as a healthcare clown for Boston Children’s Hospital on the side and continues to live by the clowning code: be open-minded and take life with a spoonful of levity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Traditional sports classes weren’t appealing, so Alston landed on circus clowning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The wily, frizzy-haired Frenchman with red-framed spectacles taught Zucker everything he knows about clowning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
An audience expecting acrobatic basketball stunts and on-court clowning set to “Sweet Georgia Brown,” the Globetrotters’ signature song, was instead treated to a real, close-fought exhibition.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sometimes we’d pick randomly from the litter of shiny squares scattered across my comforter, and we’d laugh at Fang clowning for the camera, all pumped up after one big climb or another.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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