be mischievous
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"He can be mischievous like a lot of children," she said.
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
They frequently choose words like "innocent," "pure" and "naive" – although babysitters and students with younger siblings are more likely to acknowledge that children can also be "mischievous" and "strange."
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2022
“Sometimes he may do badly in exams or be mischievous, but he’s still our son. We can’t just abandon him because of bad exam results.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
That is also the downside: The animals can be mischievous and prone to tantrums.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2019
Then he remembered a few words which he had spoken, but which had been taken so innocently, that they, though they had been meant to be mischievous, had become innocent themselves.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
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