humor
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The humor writer, whose new essay collection comes out this month, does not want to hear about your feelings: “Please don’t finish that sentence on me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
So leaning into drama enables you to lean into the hilarity or the quirkiness or awkwardness of humor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The speech mixed humor and ritual with more conventional leadership framing, repeatedly returning to themes of endurance, responsibility and preparation for uncertainty in modern conflict.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Awad had an unrelenting but self-deprecating sense of humor, and he loved his wife’s knafeh, the sweet, stretchy cheese Palestinian dessert.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“Swanburne is like Agatha Swanburne herself—wise and strong, with a fierce heart for justice, and a sense of humor, too.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing humor
Journalism
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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