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"We joke sometimes that Karl doesn't love walking. But he loves the mission. He loves the passion, the purpose."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Chinese state television did not air on Saturday the first La Liga games since Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe caused anger with a joke about the country's former leader Mao Zedong.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Not as condescending as a joke involving the Cheesecake Factory, mind you.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Early on, she made a loud and unladylike joke in the writers’ room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Should I laugh, too, pretend this is all a joke?

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

They are also trying to create a more welcoming work environment while cracking down on off-color jokes and catcalls on male-dominated jobsites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

And the modern compulsion to text cheeky little jokes alluding to the scheme, once again, claims new victims.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

She added: "He may well look back and not find some of his jokes funny".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

In China jokes about Mao, the country's founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Fox wouldn’t stop touching her amulet, and Talis wouldn’t stop making bad jokes, which was what they always did when they were panicking but didn’t want Seven to know.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

At a rally last weekend, former President Barack Obama joked that Trump’s “got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Look,” Riley joked, “the Trojan Network is back.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Henry, who was presenting the ceremony alongside CBS Sports colleague Scott, joked with Lamine Yamal about him winning a third successive young player of the year award.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Janones is going to be the minister of defense," a young woman joked to her friends during Sao Paulo's raucous celebrations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Any daredevil plans?” the pilot joked as he started the engine.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

When she floated the idea that AI might solve it one day, the suggestion was so preposterous that he thought she was joking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Social media is full of videos joking about middle-aged parents dropping everything when they hear a few notes from the game's familiar ocarina melodies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Michael Che returned to the execution controversy, joking that the Pentagon’s proposed livestream would mark the first public execution in the United States since “a couple of weeks ago,” drawing groans from the audience.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Rojas joked — or maybe he was not joking — that everyone expects the Dodgers to win every game by 10 runs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“And Nell, you’re quite brave, too—for a ghoul,” came Detective Webster’s jolly, joking whisper on the other side of me.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan