funny
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It allows people to both be scared and think, This is kind of funny.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
“He was funny, stubborn in the best way, full of love, and always willing to help anyone who needed it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
She is also, as “Ted Lasso” fans know, very funny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Khadeem was such a funny, smiling boy. He was always singing, he loved a joke, and he was such a kind son – he had a kindness inside of him," his family said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
She turned toward him fully, and Chitto’s stomach did a funny flip—like it did every time their eyes met since that night.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A recent spate of theatrical funnies is trying to change that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Did these two never read the funnies growing up?
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
“I loved the funnies — the Mickey Mouse, the Donald Duck cars,” he told the Orange County Register in 2014.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
The Sunday funnies influenced me, and although I admired the strong heroes who always conquered in the end, I identified with Tiny Tim.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Elsewhere in his interview, McSweeney said he found Donald Trump "much funnier than I expected him to be".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Jokes about Twitch streamers getting paid to do nothing were funnier the first 1,000 times you saw them somewhere, and even then, they weren’t worth more than a passing snicker.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
His next few releases would see his music becoming clearer sonically, as if that smoke ring had dissipated, as well as funnier and more self-referential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Let’s turn to Justice Samuel Alito, whose dissent is slightly less crazy but way funnier because he’s big mad.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
For the moment, the oddness of my showing up was funnier than it was confrontational.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
His “Peaky Blinders” co-star Cillian Murphy remembered Neill as “one of the kindest, funniest and gentlest people, and one of the finest actors,” while Nicole Kidman celebrated Neill as “one of the greats.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
A mashup of a memoir, a self-help book, a personal-finance guide, a serious and startling social history of wealth and a standup comedy routine, this is one of the funniest financial books I’ve ever read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I don’t know if the result is the Stones’ best since 1978’s “Some Girls,” but it’s definitely the funniest, which is actually the more impressive achievement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s one of the funniest shows ever made.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“You know, Jon,” she said, “I have the funniest feeling that our guest is a trained falcon.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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