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Bored out of their minds, they riff on customers and even play hockey to pass the time.

At a crypto event in June, a video that riffed on an old movie showed Tenev speeding through the French Riviera in a convertible.

Fast-casual chain Shake Shack’s new Big Shack burger, an unmistakable riff on the Big Mac, is sending the internet into a frenzy.

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The “ghosted” trend feeds on all those dynamics—along with TikTokers’ penchant for riffing on other users’ content.

This release show for her album “The Wild, the Innocent and the Raging” — funny Springsteen riff, that — could be the start of something much bigger.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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