mischief
Example Sentences
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“We see potential for seasonal-adjustment mischief in the January data,” said Richard Moody, chief U.S. economist at Regions Financial.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026
Nat wants to prove she’s a good ghost, not one of the bad ones who cause mischief.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Chainey said he tried to portray them as "the inner child locked away in all of us", drawn to mud, mischief and the thrill of breaking rules.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
She was in charge of Pinch, or he was in charge of her—she wasn’t sure which because it was one of his mischief days when nothing she could do would satisfy him.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Vocabulary lists containing mischief
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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