laugh
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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
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"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
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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
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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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