April Fool's Day

Example Sentences

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Every year, journalist Ben Black publishes a playful fake story on his community news site Cwmbran Life for April Fools' Day.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

He inadvertently led this tiny band of eccentrics, plucked from the upper rungs of British society, into a historic plunge off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, on April Fools’ Day in 1979.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The Farmington Police Department shared details of the encounter on April Fools’ Day, a day after the actual encounter, and assured that this was no prank.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

“Women Talking” writer-director Polley made everyone’s April Fools’ Day by sharing a fake letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rescinding her Oscar — written by her 11-year-old child.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023

According to Mom, even though I was born on April 2, she went into labor with me on April Fools’ Day.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram