clown
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A child could eat the fries and then go home and watch the clown who sold them solve a mystery.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Gaulier snorted, a rare sign of approval from the exacting clown instructor, who was known for his blunt critiques and caustic insults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As the young members of the Losers Club look on in horror, the clown addresses them directly with a lethal glare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The actor also played fearsome clown Pennywise in the 1990 TV version of Stephen King's It, and was Long John Silver in 1996's Muppet Treasure Island.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
He played the clown wonderfully, and people laughed.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
In other words, sinister clowns and predatory sea hags are just silly legends until they’re actually trying to kill you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"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
And although he did not for a minute believe this herd of thundering clowns was going to flush Joe Mondragon, he never let that belief disturb his concentration on the job at hand.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
“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
The Apollo 7 astronauts also won a special Emmy award for their daily television reports from orbit, during which they clowned around, held up humorous signs and educated earthlings about space flight.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Watching the way people dressed, absorbing the way people joked, got clowned, handled being the centerpiece of a roast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Nate tried not to stare at Paul, but he kept thinking of the devilish teenager who’d clowned around on Papa’s ships.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
Now even Dolly-esque clowning can’t save country music’s current stars from having to take unambiguous positions.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
She works as a healthcare clown for Boston Children’s Hospital on the side and continues to live by the clowning code: be open-minded and take life with a spoonful of levity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Traditional sports classes weren’t appealing, so Alston landed on circus clowning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
I mean, I still didn't know him that well for Jazz to be clowning him so bad.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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