Example Sentences

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YouTuber Niko Omilana, known for his pranks and efforts to stand in local elections, secured the best media personality prize.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Prime Video’s award-winning series returns with a new unwitting hero, who is hired as a temp at a hot sauce company — gentle, funny pranks ensue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

The catty media site Gawker noted that corners of the internet like 4Chan could be expected to respond with heinous pranks, without realizing how vile the rhetoric of regular people was about to get.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

Years of insults and diss tracks and pranks and social media posts have followed, with small islands of peace floating by from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It started with a period—it might have been a month, maybe longer—when the pranks went on pretty steadily, but Tommy failed to lose his temper.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro