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prankster

[prangk-ster] / ˈpræŋk stər /


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Around that time, an office prankster briefly erected a life-size cardboard cutout of imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried—a joke partly about how similar Coplan, a fellow crypto billionaire, is in appearance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The possibility that it was a prankster on the radio may not be 0%.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

Just nine years ago, the documentary prankster John Wilson was here crashing on a couch and shooting a snarky short called “Escape From Park City” about his discomfort with its star-gazing and schmoozing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

An online prankster who invaded the pitch during a football match in Dublin has been banned from attending all national and international games for five years.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

He was almost impossible to overlook, in fact, if only because he was a chatterbox and a prankster and he made himself conspicuous.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Some of what the pranksters say or do for the sake of a gag skirts credibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

The prime minister of Israel, one of the most sought-after interviews on the planet, gave an hour-plus exclusive to a pair of YouTube pranksters.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025

But like generations of pilgrims, dropouts, and merry pranksters before him, what he discovered on that journey was his mission.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

Officer Delinko wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was beginning to suspect that this wasn’t the random work of juvenile pranksters.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen


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