gag
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The last gets better mileage than the running gag about his ordinariness, which is still being used in the closing minutes of the film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Paul Farbrace has a gag about how Ollie Robinson came to be Sussex captain.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
On May 18, he rescinded the gag rule External link, promising the SEC would stop using its “institutional power” to restrict free speech.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
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
The legionnaires didn't gag her, probably because she had the sense not to be mouthy.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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