hysterics
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Greg wants to know why this is funny, but everyone I saw the movie with was in hysterics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fans online were left in hysterics, with one X user calling it "the TV highlight of the year" while another said we'd "peaked as a nation".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
And in overtime, after he brought the score within one on a touchdown run, Penunuri needed just one more big play — to convert a two-point conversion to send Rio Hondo’s sideline into hysterics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
As the scene ended, all the women were in hysterics, ribbing each other over how they could better play their parts next time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Which seemed to do the trick the questions stopped—but it also sent Tommy and Sebastian into full-out hysterics.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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