high jinks
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For the final installment of the group’s high jinks, much of the original cast of the slapstick series returns, including Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Preston Lacy, Dave England and Ehren McGhehey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
A lot of time-travel high jinks follow, familiar in their broad outlines but unconventional and highly entertaining in their specifics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Not everyone goes to the theater to be wowed by verbal pyrotechnics or daredevil plot high jinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Certainly the high jinks have caught the attention of those in Australia, who have put the sandpaper down long enough to have their say on England's morals.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Smith’s high jinks with the press and Seabiscuit’s recent history of scratches had come back to haunt him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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