shenanigan
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Some of the shenanigan plot lines go too far afield, but they’re saved by the show’s emotional grounding and perfect casting, its sense of intimacy and realism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
I take issue with the people who effectively have chalked this up to a boys-will-be-boys–type shenanigan.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
We’re there in the forests and the boardrooms for each technological breakthrough, financial innovation and political shenanigan as Duke & Sons clear-cuts its way to a lucrative future.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2016
“I had to Google what that thing was, the whole shenanigan was, what the meaning was,” he says.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2016
And now that the Eureka folks have beat us by some shenanigan or other—for our bid was lower than theirs—you say you don't care!
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
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