humor
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The series is wildly atmospheric with plenty of gallows humor and more than a few truly loopy plotlines, but great fun with Davis managing, as ever, to sell even the most preposterous scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Passion, humor and a snarl of defiance run through the album like a bullet.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
“He is smart, capable, experienced and has a good sense of humor, but it’s very difficult to be the CEO of PJM,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It reminds me of the joke that you know an economist has a sense of humor if he uses decimal points.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Cops have no sense of humor about that kind of joke.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing humor
Journalism
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