gag
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Byron Allen, the media mogul whose holdings do include the Weather Channel, laughed when the gag was repeated to him during a recent phone conversation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It is, in fact, difficult to tally all the ways in which this gag order is unlawful.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Frequently, the story ditches consistency for a cheap gag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The “expectant widow” line was a morbid, vaguely risqué gag, the kind of joke that has been standard fare at the Correspondents’ Dinner and roasts for decades.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
Piper had a gag in her mouth, so apparently the dolphins had discovered she could charmspeak.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing gag
Back-Words: Palindromes
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