as in caper
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From here, Section 31 seeks to operate as an irreverent caper, a profound redemption tale, and a rollicking action film to give Yeoh the opportunity to beat ass in a series of eye-catching ensembles.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025 -
As a propellant for the story and its 97-minute runtime, switching from a sci-fi-tinged chiller to a crime caper makes sense; the genre advances Companion past its novella premise into something more robust.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Eli Manning revealed his longstanding prank on rookies during his NFL tenure.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The real owner of Cattelan’s market prank–cum–artwork is Justin Sun, the Chinese crypto-billionaire who bought the work last November at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Breakfast Club radio host Charlemagne Tha God previously accused West of attempting to steal Kendrick’s shine through his string of antics in the week leading up to his Super Bowl Halftime Show, which began with his appearance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards last Sunday (Feb. 2).—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The athletes will be congratulating each other — and often even themselves — in an orgy of antics, some qualifying as in your face and over the top.—
Bob Brody,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s picks Looked at in the context of Lynch’s larger career — among the most remarkable in film history, but also among the most idiosyncratic — such wide-sweeping popularity almost feels like a practical joke by the universe on David Lynch, or perhaps vice versa.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some guessed that excessive Taser incidents could be officers fiddling with the weapons out of boredom or sparking them as a practical joke.—
Nate Rosenfield,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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The brand will collaborate with the long-running NBC sketch comedy show on a parody commercial spotlighting the benefits of the new hair care line.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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Dratch was the last in a group of five SNL alums to debut her Real Housewives tagline parody, spoofing the franchise's tradition of the housewives introducing themselves with a catty one-liner.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Trump was impeached twice during his first term—first over allegations of abuse of power regarding Ukraine and later for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday, two separate groups of FBI agents sued the administration over a request for information about FBI employees who worked on criminal investigations of Trump and of people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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At first a distant roar, everyone’s screams were drowned out by the first of the top rally cars tearing past.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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The last part of the 911 call contains nothing but ear-piercing screams from two of Franklins’ sons, then aged 9 and 5, who witnessed it all.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Leg-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg-pull. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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