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prankster

[prangk-ster] / ˈpræŋk stər /


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Around that time, an office prankster briefly erected a life-size cardboard cutout of imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried—a joke partly about how similar Coplan, a fellow crypto billionaire, is in appearance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Rosales restores Ever’s multi-dimensionality, reminding the world that her cousin loved mathematics and philosophy, that he never missed a day of high school, and that he was a prankster, lover, father and brother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The possibility that it was a prankster on the radio may not be 0%.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

At roughly the same time, a 16-year-old prankster from Ohio named Jake Paul was posting six-second Vine videos - chatting to pineapples in supermarkets and climbing into strangers' shopping trolleys for a laugh.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

Mrs. Levy' had looked some-thing like a prankster with her golden-white hair, her sunglasses with the blue lenses, the aquamarine mascara that made a ring around the blue lenses like a halo.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Goldie's mate, Regina, had her own adventure when she was snatched the following February by student pranksters at Manchester University who sawed through a padlock to access the cage.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

But like generations of pilgrims, dropouts, and merry pranksters before him, what he discovered on that journey was his mission.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

It could also be Bermuda, Elon Musk, teenage pranksters, the U.S.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024

As news broke that the Martians had reached the Midwest, the pranksters lit firecrackers in the basement and flicked off the electricity.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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