funny
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It allows people to both be scared and think, This is kind of funny.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
“It is a very sweet watercolor of a funny old thing in a flowery dress and bonnet,” Neill said of the artwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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
It was funny, I’d always thought that the older I got, the more I’d understand and know.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
The funnies included Orion’s star trackers being momentarily confused when the spacecraft’s thrusters fired.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
On Sunday mornings I’d sit on the floor next to him and he’d read me the funnies.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
Here Ms. Howden displays an instinctive wisdom of her own; sometimes, silence is funnier than anything you could say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Because what is funnier than appearing in one soap opera? Appearing in two!” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
He thinks the pre-taped sketches have been funnier than the live ones for the most part but says Weekend Update has been consistently strong.
From BBC ● May 17, 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 some reason it became funnier and funnier to him that he couldn't think of the last line—until he abruptly stopped laughing and looked at me.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
Teenagers are still the funniest people on the planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s one of the funniest shows ever made.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
A little black dog with the funniest gray beard and eyebrows rushes at my knees, barking and bouncing.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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