shenanigan
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But with “Don’t Worry Darling,” Wilde’s sophomore effort, every public shenanigan contributes to what has become a rather catastrophic press tour.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
Also, why isn’t the plural of shenanigan shenaniga?
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2020
After he was placed in jail following that latest shenanigan, it seemed as though there might be less opportunity for Manafort to embarrass himself through easily discovered efforts to monkey with his case.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2018
That sort of shenanigan may not be the future of college sports, but we may be getting closer to the day when money isn’t a four-letter word for student-athletes.
From Time • Feb. 25, 2015
He never inclines to answer a question forthrightly, but to use irony, or evasion, or what the Hibernians call "shenanigan," rather than answer, if anyone asks him anything.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 by Various
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