shenanigan
Example Sentences
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But with “Don’t Worry Darling,” Wilde’s sophomore effort, every public shenanigan contributes to what has become a rather catastrophic press tour.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
Also, why isn’t the plural of shenanigan shenaniga?
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2020
I take issue with the people who effectively have chalked this up to a boys-will-be-boys–type shenanigan.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019
That sort of shenanigan may not be the future of college sports, but we may be getting closer to the day when money isn’t a four-letter word for student-athletes.
From Time • Feb. 25, 2015
Every soldier said, "O, shucks; that is all shenanigan," for we knew that we had never met the enemy or fired a gun outside of a little skirmishing.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Watkins, Sam R.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
