tongue-in-cheek
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It became the subject of a series of Pogo comic strips and many commentators took the article as strictly a tongue-in-cheek comment on population fears.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
In 2023, Springer posted a tongue-in-cheek TikTok video in which Daniel was named “Employee of the Month.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
New fantasy rom-com Wicker, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, has sparked a flood of viral memes and tongue-in-cheek jokes on social media ahead of its cinema release.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Some of that is tongue-in-cheek, but if you shoot for the moon you land in the stars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
She gave me an A on the written report, saying she liked my tongue-in-cheek approach to criticism, but warned me to clean up the language and watch my run-on sentences.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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