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hilarity

[hi-lar-i-tee, -lair-, hahy-] / hɪˈlær ɪ ti, -ˈlɛər-, haɪ- /


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Hilarity ensues when she realizes she’s going to have to get her perfectly manicured nails dirty.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

The Santa Monica Pier was packed on a September day before the pandemic arrived in the U.S., with ticketholders lining up for rides and celebrity-run carnival games during Hilarity for Charity County Fair 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2020

Hilarity ensues and they somehow manage to concede a throw-in.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2020

The agency did tweet a link to a video Saturday, saying, ‘Our deputies in Lake Worth Beach came to the help of someone screaming for help. Hilarity ensued.’

From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2020

"Jest help yourself, stranger," said Burrage, with a generous sweep of the arm which included all Hilarity not within the confines of the room.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)




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