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[gag] / gæg /






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Though the “One Wish Willow” looks like a gag gift, his wish comes true.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

It was so influential that it spawned a popular online gag, pointing fun at reviewers who couldn't help but repeat a cliché, external about the game making them feel like Spider-Man.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

And still, the gag order remains—for both of them, technically.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

One catch: A gag order in the case meant if she told anyone, both she and whomever she informed could face charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

I gag, vomiting off the side of the wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"They've been relying quite visibly on scripts and gags, and I would like to see them relax into themselves," she adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

The gags are counterbalanced by generous helpings of schmaltz, with much talk of the power of the feminine and how sisterhood defeats all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I have no idea what children will make of a movie with as many semi-serious gags about extortionate legal bills as silly ones where a spider mugs a bug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Daniela gags and tries to spit it out.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

In South Tangerang, some pedestrians gagged and swatted at swarms of flies as they walked down littered streets.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

He also bemoaned the state of humour - strained and manufactured - when the press was gagged.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

If Maria could do it, so could I. At first sip, I gagged ever so slightly, visions of Looney Tunes farm animals dancing through my head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

I almost gagged, but couldn’t because I was holding my breath.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Spitting to the required level required multiple attempts and near gagging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Food binds generations through shared experience, even if the first bite ends in tears or, apparently, smelt-induced gagging.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

The use of NDAs by a church is legal at present, but many safeguarding experts say these agreements amount to gagging orders which can be weaponised against whistle blowers and complainants.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

This was part of the reason the information was protected by a so-called "super-injunction" - a kind of gagging order that prevents the reporting of even the existence of the injunction.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

I wipe tears from my eyes, still gagging.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


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