high jinks
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Mr. Bicket paced the orchestra buoyantly, matching the high jinks on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Joining with the main cast, the new Buzzes enact the series’ trademark high jinks about the silly maneuvering it takes for toys to traverse the types of barriers that humans can easily negotiate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Certainly the high jinks have caught the attention of those in Australia, who have put the sandpaper down long enough to have their say on England's morals.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Smith’s high jinks with the press and Seabiscuit’s recent history of scratches had come back to haunt him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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