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[fuhn] / fʌn /




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Into this maelstrom of social jockeying Dostoevsky cast the gentle Prince Myshkin, whose lack of guile makes him a figure of fun among the vain and calculating people he encounters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I don't want to ruin anyone's fun but this is a real struggle," argues Laura, who is also mum to 10-year-old Aidan and is married to husband Scott.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The France captain, one of the best footballers on the planet, is at the centre of a major row after a video emerged this week of him appearing to make fun of former leader Mao.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Will and I went and stayed in his house, and he made us dinner, and we sat ‘round and drank wine and had a fun time storyboarding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

But Maggie grew confident enough in Elisha’s love to make fun of the judgmental Kanes, calling them “the Royal Family.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“This is one of the funner units to be around.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2018

A metaphor about offense to describe the process to acquire pitching is kind of amusing and even funner given the Mariners baserunning woes last season as a team.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2017

“I feel like my parents lived a crazier, funner life than I did,” says Alana.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2017

"It's a lot funner watching our guys celebrate than the other team."

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2014

Walking all this way to give Mr. Leroy a plate of food was worth it ’cause waren’t nothing scarier nor funner than watching him eat fish.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

"It was like being with the funnest, most loving, most caring and closest member of your family."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“It was the funnest time ever,” she says, and rewarding in ways she never expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025

“These are some of the funnest games we’ve played all year,” Judge said.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023

It's like some of the funnest times I've had in my community, where you're with them all night long telling stories of the stupid stuff they did growing up.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2022

College football, to me, was America at its best, wildest and funnest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

Nearly 25% of the money generated under the proposed tax would go to permanent affordable housing that would be funned in a manner similar to Proposition HHH.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

It’s clear that he’s having a blast, and his spirit of funning irreverence supercharges the entire narrative like home-brewed black lightning.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2020

Some of Galassi’s funning does skirt simple one-to-one identification: A Nobel Prize-winning Dutch essayist is called van Meegeren, a name mainly associated with a notorious art forger.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2015

How he got here: Wins in the O'Reilly Stakes and the Limbaugh Derby — oh, just funning you.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2015

Just funning, of course, but on the money.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Just funning with you,” I said and punched him in the shoulder.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls


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