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laugh

[laf] / læf /




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All this means it’s hard not to laugh when Hegseth pontificates about his hatred of “weirdos.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Spiritual matters crop up regularly, but they are often played for a laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Then I had two wild boys," she says with a laugh.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Now, when one of us calls, we just say ‘cold call, cold call,’ which immediately makes us both laugh and kicks off our conversation,” Black said.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

I laugh, and he leans toward me, just a tiny bit.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

"Me and my wife went out on a Sunday at a pub in Durham just a few weeks back, and this guy came up out the blue and asked, 'Are you Ian Chandler?'" he laughs.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The effect is something like uncanny sketch comedy, dredging laughs from Hansen’s stilted expressions and intense demeanor, regardless of a scene’s emotional gravity.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

While the trope of young adults living with their parents has been played for laughs for years — the movie “Failure to Launch” came out in 2006 — the consequences are real.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

"So I said: Sign me up," Timby laughs.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

I burst out laughing, and he laughs, too.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Haaland laughed off the suggestion that a haircut might cost him his powers, like Samson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I laughed out loud when I heard that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"For the better half of seven years, since the Kissing Booth came out, Jacob Elordi has carried my dating career," he laughed.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“I said, ‘They will all come,’” Hobson said as the crowd laughed during opening remarks on a raised platform in the museum’s grand lobby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The young woman beside me laughed as she pulled out a chair for me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Sir Kevin Sinfield has said his late friend Rob Burrow would be "laughing" but "enormously proud" to see him receive a knighthood.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"The nuclear annihilation of an American city is no laughing matter," Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the US House of Representatives, said on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Instead, the audience is laughing at the details of the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Zuckerberg was smiling and laughing with the president Tuesday while taking questions from the press.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

I was still laughing when Grandma hallowed from the house, “Jay Berry, is that you?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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