joke
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“Coyote vs. Acme” would be very different if it had been made back in that decade where frivolous lawsuits were steady late-night joke fodder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Dolly didn’t just get the joke, she wrote it,” said Pink—or, as Parton often put it, “it takes a lot of money to look this cheap.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But it was nothing serious - just a running joke between them: "I was saying, 'Hell, you're spending a lot of time at the bank. I don't believe we've got that kind of money.'"
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
As we followed Callaway over rougher and rougher terrain, I couldn’t help but wonder if this was all some kind of joke.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
She makes her family come alive in her jokes and reminds us all that we’re living the same life dealing with kids, dating and everyday struggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Speaking with NPR, Parton said she was happy to make jokes about her plastic surgery, even encouraging writer-director Todd Graff to make those kinds of references.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
And that’s the nice part about being a comedian, is if you do something that you’re like, maybe this wasn’t as flattering as I thought it would be, you get to make jokes about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I’ve unleashed too much bitterness; the conversation is impossible to save with jokes now.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“No one wants to play with me anymore!” he joked, seemingly referencing Toy Story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Marriott recently pitched Labor Day hotel stays for “weekend maxxing,” Harry’s joked that its new razor was great for “jawmaxxing,” and the Cheesecake Factory floated “cheesecake-maxxing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
When I joked, “I didn’t realize I was communicating with the NSA,” without skipping a beat, he replied: “breaking news the fbi let a spy get shot 5 times!”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Licensing fees, desk fees. I did not know there was all these fees associated with this, but hopefully we get this money back,” Foster joked.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
"I think you hit him with too much ooh. Like...smells more like eww," Candace joked, curling her top lip up under her nostrils.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Boca Juniors posted a photo on X of its midfielder Santiago Ascacibar celebrating a goal and joking that his aura was unbeatable.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I’ve always thought that comedy and joking is something that is joyful and light, but almost always has a hint of the truth in it,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“By evening, everyone would just be happily drinking and joking together.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But, joking aside, he emphasizes that some of these diseases can be very serious, causing encephalitis, neurological impairment, and death.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I know you’re joking, but I’ve been thinking about this. What if I become the world’s first ‘man-made mermaid’?
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
