chuckle
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"Good afternoon. I heard you missed me. Here I am," Melania said with a chuckle as she opened an event in the White House Rose Garden.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Initially, this shot in “Couture” gave me a chuckle and took me out of the film.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
If he was to replay that scene in his head almost four years on, he would surely find it difficult not to chuckle at his own expense.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Michelle Obama’s famous “Kitchen Garden” passed the test, Jarvis said with a chuckle, providing fruits and vegetables for family meals — and the occasional state dinner — for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Their shoulders shuddered as they tried hard not to chuckle out loud.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
“My sister and I introduced him to Jockstrap,” Grohl chuckles when I ask what bands she introduced her dad to during those rides.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Efforts to wring laughs out of a genuinely awful situation yield only a few uncomfortable chuckles, such as when Charlie and Emma strike some warmup poses for a wedding photographer during an impromptu session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
No chuckles, no snickers, not even a cough.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
She declines, in a moment that drew chuckles in the cinema - "I will see it on the news," she tells him.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
He chuckles and puts them on, wiping off the foggy lenses.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
When asked if she would run for president in the 2028 elections after being shown polling reflecting her popularity as a potential candidate, Ocasio-Cortez chuckled and tried to sidestep a direct answer.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
And while some chuckled when Everlane and its peers boasted about being tech-savvy, millennial brands did operate differently from their predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It wasn’t until a pair of older women chuckled as they blew past me that I found my second wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“Isn’t this the spitting image of old Ev Olson?” she asked Pa. He nodded and chuckled.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
"Brother Wang was very important. He was number one," says Enrique, chuckling knowingly.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Many are asking “What happened to Lindsey Graham?,” but nobody is chuckling.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
He was also a personal friend of Jones, and “Seriously Silly,” along with personal stories and remembrances, imparts a lovely sense of Mr. Ross chuckling to himself as he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
It’s just one of those things that the robots will be chuckling about to themselves for the next millennium.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
One of the coachman’s eyebrows flew up as the other scrunched down, but he simply walked on, chuckling.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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