skylarker

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  1. monkey
  2. rogue
  3. urchin
  4. rascal
Noun
  • Traffic is minimal; instead, monkeys, iguanas, and the occasional jaguar have free reign.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Geda the Chinese monkey, who lives in Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park, successfully predicted that Trump would win the 2016 presidential election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of monkey
Noun
  • The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in a way that can strike virtually any organ in the body, but when and where is maddeningly elusive.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, rogues may also tend to ditch their rogue commitments at the last minute.
    Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of rogue
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  • After cutting open another half dozen, my hands were stained red, urchin spines were embedded in my skin and my mouth was dancing.
    Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Correspondent Maura Barrett helps researchers place adult-sized urchins in a reef.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of urchin
Noun
  • Reynolds thrived in front of a live studio audience, playing a college-age rascal who was more interested in messing with his friends and pursuing harebrained schemes than deciding on a major.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The druid Merlin rears his ugly head, and is far from the affable rascal of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, though the two books are both attempts to update Arthur’s legend for a contemporary audience.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of rascal
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