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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

And rather than sticking to one plan as England do with Archer, India have varied their use of their key bowler - playing him like a joker card at the key moments.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Not a theoretical joker, like me, but a practical one, which means he actually carried out his jokes.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

American mahjong, nationalized by Jewish women, adds eight jokers, an elaborate tile-trading process called “the Charleston” and a dizzying card that changes annually and lists 70-odd winning lines—which can produce more than 1,000 combinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Because I know you're one of the jokers in the dressing room as well.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

Why did internet jokers think to transform Vance into a giant baby?

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025

Most of these jokers she interviews on the field, whether they shoot her straight, or give her the runaround, appreciate the inherent warmness she’s shown over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

As long as Anthony, Ant, Danny the K, Enrique, the Jameses, the Michaels, Upton, and all of the other jokers were on the boys’ side, I was fine.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia