clown
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This time around, stand-up star Joe Lycett, 38, is one of the leading candidates for the role of class clown.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
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
Neither expected to wind up at clown school.
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
Zohra wipes her lipstick off with a tissue, and it smears a bit, like clown makeup.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
"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
When it comes to variety shows, drag brunches and clowns, our town is top tier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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
And there they were, Ghost and Lu, slapping their stupid hands together like clowns.
From "Patina" 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
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
He clowned badly, but Percival and the others noticed and sniffed and laughed.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Now even Dolly-esque clowning can’t save country music’s current stars from having to take unambiguous positions.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
We spoke with several students who credit clowning with improving their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Yale drama professor Christopher Bayes has a word of warning for those expecting his clowning classes to function as a form of treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Expect games, clowning and catharsis that transform helplessness into empowerment and isolation into belonging.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Well, it got less silly after warm-up laps, stretching, and the usual clowning around.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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