trickster

Yet even as she entered her national-treasure era, Parton retained the attitude of a deeply sincere trickster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Mr. Gill looks back at that 1992 interview and others and realizes that the Jeff Beck he thought he knew is a mystery, a self-contradicting trickster with a tendency to be witty and evasive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The work in question is a "maqāma" -- an Arabic literary form that often features a wandering "trickster."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025

Crudup plays 19 characters in the 80-minute performance, taking on the roles of everyone the titular confidence trickster comes into contact with.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024

“You were caught in our trap, plain as day. We knew the trickster would send someone, but children? He is truly desperate.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Jury duty is among many ruses tricksters use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Ravens have fascinated people forever," Marzluff said, noting the birds have been considered everything from "creators and tricksters" to "opportunistic pests."

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

But although screening at publishers is helpful, the arms race between screening methods and tricksters means it is unlikely to stem the tide of problematic papers entirely.

From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2024

Ravens: Ravens, notorious tricksters in many Indigenous Nations’ folklore, became more ominous thanks to Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The problem with tricksters is that they think everyone is playing the same games.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri