Example Sentences

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But when Adidas unveiled the kits for the tournament, swashbuckling centre back Alexi Lalas and his team-mates thought they had been pranked.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Kido says they’ve never been on the receiving end of weird or gross trash—or even pranked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

One of them was Rita Skimehorn, the woman from Mascoutah, Illinois, who thought she was being pranked when Pizza Hut HR told her to pack her bags for the USSR.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

Eliava, in contrast, was a mischievous charmer who pranked his friends, once dressing as a woman to flirt with d’Hérelle at a dinner party, and kept sketchy notes in the lab.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

He’s also the guy who pranked my father’s office.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman