gallows
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For local establishments, the newly offered specials are part gallows humor, part business gamble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
"There's a gallows humour about the party, a 'well it can't get any worse, can it?' strange jovialness which is kind of bonding," says one Tory MP.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
Newsrooms being breeding grounds for gallows humor, most also understand that futility is a terrific comedy catalyst.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
These songs tap into the bottomless well that Mexicans have for gallows humor.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
It was as if they knew, somehow, that the previous night’s fun had been a last hurrah, and now we were being led off to the gallows.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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