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Recent Examples of scaramouch
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
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Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaramouch
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With Edusei’s fastidious beat, the orchestra played with hair-trigger precision, and a huge dynamic range, in Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso.Dallas News, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2022
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Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.Dallas News, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
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Fifth course: Giant cream puff, sugared blackberries, caramel and candied pecans.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Desserts include a sundae bar with ice cream, an assortment of toppings and a cream puff.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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This made us—with all our human, mortal limitations—rather like the God of all those past centuries of belief, or should that be credulity: the God who retained and stored away everything in his motley, moveless time, in which nothing was new or old, remote or recent.Margaret Jull Costa, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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President Calvin Coolidge and his wife, Grace, arrived — she was dressed to the nines in a fur coat with a fox collar and wearing a black hat with an uncurled ostrich feather.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
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Bows and ostrich feather cuffs on your heavenly soft pajamas makes precious downtime of lazy mornings and late-night lounging delightfully decadent.Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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And then there’s 10 percent that are a mixture of people who see you as a jester or cartoon character who should get up and dance for them, and people who, in their head, have a full-on relationship with you and need to protect the fragile little boy from everybody else.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Her face was still painted, but her jester’s cap was replaced by two massive, blonde pigtails.Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Its series finale airs on Feb. 2. Hit PLAY on the video above for an exclusive sneak peak of the 9-1-1: Lone Star fall finale, then drop a comment with your thoughts below.Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
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To find answers and give those of us who don’t live in a tech hub a sneak peak into our not-so-distant futures, WIRED staff spent a day crammed into a taxi tracking their robo-prey.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024
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Some commentators expressed outrage at the counterculture antics of Cheech & Chong filling theaters, but their complaints had zero impact.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Entitled Housewife’s antics have racked up millions of views across social media and have led to dozens of private bookings at country clubs and golf courses nationwide, also helping Robinson break out as one of the casino circuit’s rising stars.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Market timing is a risky game and often a fool’s errand.Ron Insana, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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Alexander felt that he had been played the fool — made to love a baby who wasn’t his to raise.Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Scaramouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaramouch. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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