practical joke
Example Sentences
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Needless to say, the entire episode - which sounds like a youthful practical joke gone wrong, but took place when the candidate was 60 - is odd.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024
The con job was, he thinks, “no more than a practical joke, really. Good clean sport.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Was it all some kind of practical joke?
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2023
It's almost as if McCarthy was playing some kind of elaborate practical joke.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023
He couldn’t imagine either Bri or Julie playing such a horrific practical joke on him, but he had to be sure Bri truly was gone.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
