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Noun
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Days prior, McBryde shared a teaser video on Instagram.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Trump was also featured in a short teaser for Season 27 Episode 2, but whether the president makes the final cut is yet to be seen.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kurosawa can be a merry prankster in the midst of the mayhem, and Cloud has him at the peak of his powers.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Unlike The Simpsons, where Bart remains a grade-school prankster forever, King of the Hill decided to age up its characters for Hulu’s revival — premiering Monday, Aug. 4 — with Hank and Peggy’s son Bobby all grown up and Hank’s friend Boomhauer sporting a few new wrinkles.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
1 Aug. 2025
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On the set of Palm Royale, Friedberg got to meet one of her heros, the legendary comedienne Carol Burnett, one of the stars of the series.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
4 Aug. 2025
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This time, the comedienne was asked back to comment on Newark’s airport safety, acting out a bit while on a JetBlue flight.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
27 Aug. 2024
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Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2024
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“Practical joker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practical%20joker. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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