shenanigan
Example Sentences
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Some of the shenanigan plot lines go too far afield, but they’re saved by the show’s emotional grounding and perfect casting, its sense of intimacy and realism.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022
After he was placed in jail following that latest shenanigan, it seemed as though there might be less opportunity for Manafort to embarrass himself through easily discovered efforts to monkey with his case.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2018
We’re there in the forests and the boardrooms for each technological breakthrough, financial innovation and political shenanigan as Duke & Sons clear-cuts its way to a lucrative future.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2016
“I had to Google what that thing was, the whole shenanigan was, what the meaning was,” he says.
From The Guardian • May 20, 2016
There's some sort of shenanigan brewing, or my first name's Peter, the same as yours—which I wish it was so....
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
