pranks

Example Sentences

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The catty media site Gawker noted that corners of the internet like 4Chan could be expected to respond with heinous pranks, without realizing how vile the rhetoric of regular people was about to get.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

Years of insults and diss tracks and pranks and social media posts have followed, with small islands of peace floating by from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It would get well into the afternoon and they'd still be there, drinking coffee, chatting, playing pranks on each other and up to stuff you wouldn't believe.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

For some teens who become overnight sensations by cracking jokes or pulling pranks online, failing to pay taxes is a simple error.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Where we played pranks on people and traded candy while talking trash after school.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds