clown
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“Invitation” begins with “Circus,” with Kelly made up as a clown who pines for a beautiful performer, danced by Claire Sombert, who is herself in love with a chiseled aerialist, played by Igor Youskevitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They include depictions of Manila as a clown and a snake, among other things.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A clown paints children's faces, music fills the air, as families spread picnic carpets across the grass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Probably everybody in the whole world, all jammed in like one of those clown cars.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
"We are F1 drivers. We should not look like kids and clowns trying to ram into each other. That's not what F1 needs."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
For all its clowns and pratfalls, it’s quietly one of television’s great food shows.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
A brass band played lively jazz, while a man made giant bubbles with a pair of sticks and clowns sold balloon animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Say you don’t pay much attention to the nitty-gritty of politics and think they’re all a bunch of clowns.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Everybody puts on a show in the A train circus, not to mention all the clowns who get on.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
“Strangers clowned us,” former Ambassadors player Victoria Henson told me the other day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
His song Thick Of It, which features Trippie Redd, was nominated for song of the year - despite being something he was "clowned for".
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Friends have clowned on Hernandez because of the cut, blowing up their phone with Edgar memes, some of them unkind, some of them hilarious, and some of them interesting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Morale seemed high among Granite’s troops this week, as a short-range team clowned around despite being on duty long into the early morning hours as Kyiv’s air defenses took down 35 explosive Iranian-made Shahed drones.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
The same old boys showed off trading cards and clowned around nearby.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Comedy and clowning are ways Zaalan has connected with their homeland after the Syrian revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
But for all that clowning, Mr. Leeke tells us, Luciano was dead serious about keeping the game safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
But too much clowning around might not look so smart.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
The leaders at the summit quickly moved on, but Trump came in for some clowning on social meda.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
I suspected that there was a plan in his public clowning.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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