joker
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Against Portugal in the previous round, 30-year-old midfielder Mikel Merino had proven himself as the joker in La Roja’s pack by scoring the winner in stoppage time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Michael Jackson’s estate could’ve existed in this gray area forevermore, letting his memory hover somewhere between genius and joker.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
The joker in the global fixed-income deck is the possibility that the Fed could reverse a dovish trajectory to raise rates again in response to war-related inflationary pressures, Al-Hussainy adds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Now, anything that gets posted about “Running Point,” there’s always some sort of Baby joker comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Doubled over the table, she tried to hit the joker responsible.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
American mahjong, nationalized by Jewish women, adds eight jokers, an elaborate tile-trading process called “the Charleston” and a dizzying card that changes annually and lists 70-odd winning lines—which can produce more than 1,000 combinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Why did internet jokers think to transform Vance into a giant baby?
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025
The jokers were described as "stupid, irresponsible clots".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
Most of these jokers she interviews on the field, whether they shoot her straight, or give her the runaround, appreciate the inherent warmness she’s shown over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
I was from the Bronx, after all, maybe these country jokers were intimidated.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
