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Kris was determined the prank he'd invested so much time and energy into wouldn't just fizzle out.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At first, Robinson thought the officers in his room were his brothers playing a prank on him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

A sleazebag producer created a prank show called “Juiced” that starred O.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Hull has had an eventful week in which she defended herself following a prank she played on her caddie and finishing joint sixth in The Open after starting the final day in contention.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Until that time, I am letting everyone out for an early recess. Anyone who has any information about this prank, please come talk to me in my office. You are dismissed.”

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Playing jokes and pranks, it needs to be amusing and not belittling, obviously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In fact, if we were on the eve of April Fools’ Day, not the Fourth of July, I’d guess that the few news stories about the order were pranks.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

But Riley has put in so much work of his own wowing us with pointed pranks that he’s earned the right to deliver an earnest plea.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Rob Glenny, from Beano, said the coin captures Dennis' "mischief", saying it is a "brilliant way to mark 75 years of laughs, pranks and unleashed imagination".

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

It started with a period—it might have been a month, maybe longer—when the pranks went on pretty steadily, but Tommy failed to lose his temper.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But when Adidas unveiled the kits for the tournament, swashbuckling centre back Alexi Lalas and his team-mates thought they had been pranked.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Kido says they’ve never been on the receiving end of weird or gross trash—or even pranked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

How were so many otherwise reasonable people pranked into venturing to an empty Brooklyn Bridge Park in the bleak midwinter as 2025 ebbed to nothing, for nothing?

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026

One of them was Rita Skimehorn, the woman from Mascoutah, Illinois, who thought she was being pranked when Pizza Hut HR told her to pack her bags for the USSR.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Maybe they hadn’t pranked him first thing in the morning like most days.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

He and his best pal Chris Stark, who joined Radio 1 in 2012, were known for their real life, on-air bromance and for pranking each other.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

This further fouls up Didi’s holiday, though Cliff’s pranking of Conway may mark the moment when she falls in love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

“My friend sent me a video, and at first I thought she was pranking me,” the 20-year-old from Nashville told Slate—and not just because the concept of an “A.I. actress” is already baffling enough.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2025

Robinson is more interested in pranking us with psych-outs than sinister scares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

“Do you think he’s pranking us?” asks Simon.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli