mischief

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Rob Glenny, from Beano, said the coin captures Dennis' "mischief", saying it is a "brilliant way to mark 75 years of laughs, pranks and unleashed imagination".

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

“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

Last year, he brought his gleeful sense of mischief to the U.K. competition series “Taskmaster.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Yet that mischief won’t save him in November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Stanton would have invited Anthony and Bloomer over for dinner, she wrote, but she didn’t know what kind of mischief her children had been up to in her absence.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling