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[fuhn-ee] / ˈfʌn i /




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The jokes are less funny because they don’t occur within the film’s natural rhythm.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

As the day approaches, I keep thinking about how large a funny little bridge can become in the lives of its neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The funny thing is, it doesn’t just make you depressed about plastic surgery and sad women and sleazy TV executives.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kate said, before he was admitted to hospital, Paul was "very bright" and "funny".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

We know nothing is funny but need to laugh regardless.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Her early life story has more of the makings of a telenovela than the Sunday funnies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024

It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.

From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021

As a boy, Mr. Cruse created theatrical shows and fell in love with the Sunday funnies, drawing his own cartoons about Landie Lucker, “the super elf.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2019

But now we were having to save the funnies indefinitely, and sometimes the newspaper got taken to start a fire with before I could tear out the page.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Here Ms. Howden displays an instinctive wisdom of her own; sometimes, silence is funnier than anything you could say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Elsewhere in his interview, McSweeney said he found Donald Trump "much funnier than I expected him to be".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Because what is funnier than appearing in one soap opera? Appearing in two!” he said.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Let’s turn to Justice Samuel Alito, whose dissent is slightly less crazy but way funnier because he’s big mad.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

The tingling sensation I normally got in my fingers now stormed through my whole body, like just being near him would make every story funnier and more memorable.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The idea that all of these Clipper-adjacent companies would independently come to the conclusion that they needed to be in the Kawhi business is maybe the funniest part of this entire episode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Elaine said David "was the cleverest, funniest, loving person"

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The film’s richest, most affecting moment is also one of its funniest.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

And one of Slate’s funniest writers, Christina Cauterucci, took a deep dive into the weirdly knife-heavy videos the Trump administration has been posting on TikTok, so you don’t have to.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

“You don’t think that’s the funniest thing you ever heard of?”

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli




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