joker
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Against Portugal in the previous round, 30-year-old midfielder Mikel Merino had proven himself as the joker in La Roja’s pack by scoring the winner in stoppage time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Michael Jackson’s estate could’ve existed in this gray area forevermore, letting his memory hover somewhere between genius and joker.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
The joker in the global fixed-income deck is the possibility that the Fed could reverse a dovish trajectory to raise rates again in response to war-related inflationary pressures, Al-Hussainy adds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Ms Parker said she was always a joker in school and now believes that was a way of masking to blend in with others.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
Inside were two playing cards, an ace and a joker.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mr. Lee describes the fast fellowship formed among the rogues’ gallery of campers—the athletes, the jokers, the mischief-makers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
She was seen as one of the jokers of the group, usually found stood near best friend Rachel Daly or midway through a TikTok dance with Mary Earps.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
Why did internet jokers think to transform Vance into a giant baby?
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025
“We carried these jokers, birthed them, and now they got the nerve to be ashamed of us.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
