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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first I thought it was an enormous practical joke .
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Baker said that he thought the incident was a practical joke that had backfired.
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Had he been brought here as some kind of practical joke ?
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Suspecting some bizarre practical joke , Charlotte marched up to the front door and rang the bell.
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Two weeks ago firemen freed a woman after a practical joke ended in her unable to release herself.