clown
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“We don’t bring any material aid,” said Sandra Rodríguez, part of a volunteer group that organizes clown shows and other diversions, speaking at a golf course that has become an official homeless encampment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
Most know Morgan as a singular kind of clown who pulls everyone’s focus simply by entering a room.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
They hadn’t gone far when Wolf began to run up and clown the bank, mewing.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
War is not for clowns and fake tough guys.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
Companies like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey offered elephants, equestrian acts, clowns and contortionists in a huge Big Top that could seat thousands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Wild and kitschy shows followed with opening fetes dedicated to colorful subjects including Andy Warhol, circus clowns, and Canadian television creators and puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
There was a reason he was one of the class clowns, after all.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
“Strangers clowned us,” former Ambassadors player Victoria Henson told me the other day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“I saw him trip the other day and I clowned him for like two days.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
He clowned badly, but Percival and the others noticed and sniffed and laughed.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Or maybe it was that the clowning that marked the career of Ron Luciano masked a deeper sadness that finally claimed the life of baseball’s happy warrior in a size-50 extralong dark blazer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
But too much clowning around might not look so smart.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Living up to her designation as “the Internet’s favorite rich auntie,” Ross keeps her Instagram followers well fed with endless glamour and lots of clowning around.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
And that’s what I love most about clowning — it brings you into the now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
Convinced that in daylight the mummies would be in no mood for clowning, she went to the darkroom hoping that the door would be open, but it was locked, as always.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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