jokingly
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"They really shut down their innovation on product. Someone jokingly said they were trying to turn Nike into eBay."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Though they had both worked with Cirque du Soleil, the two had never met when they entered into what he jokingly calls “an arranged marriage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“This is a bog-standard room, the worst in the building,” he says jokingly as we enter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Before their departure, a professor jokingly quips to Dwayne: “I can’t wait to have your child in my class in the year 2014.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
As he jokingly said sometimes, he thought Red Rabbit would try to live up to his name; but so far the shameless beast had not.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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