joke
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For most Delhiites, the joke needed little explanation.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
My imaginary scenario could still be decades in the future, but a reality where people pay for air doesn’t seem like a joke anymore.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“I got on stage, did my first joke and was super nervous,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
What started as an offhand joke at a London pub has sparked a “herculean effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The way Papa was laughing and making a joke out of everything, I didn’t think it would hurt if I laughed a little, too.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Poop jokes and memes aside, cyclosporiasis is a serious parasitic foodborne intestinal illness whose symptoms include nausea, fatigue, and explosive diarrhea that can last weeks or even months without antibiotic treatment.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We will turn the war into a data platform," he said after being appointed in a speech punctuated with jokes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Those who worked with him recall his dry sense of humour and practical jokes, the comparatively modest car he drove and how he did not get dragged down by the inevitable setbacks of the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Their jokes get worse and worse, but everyone just laughs harder and harder.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
“I hope you poop a little bit,” he joked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“IBM trading like Claude murdered Watson,” Ken Wattana, founder of an AI agentic company called Conto, joked on X Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The activist then joked that if he died before the march, his "ghost would join the march".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
New Servite coach Rick Garretson later joked that back at his former home in Arizona, the temperature was over 100 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Stockdale was then driven to Hanoi and carried on a stretcher into Hao Lo prison—the “Hanoi Hilton,” as American prisoners bitterly joked.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
He worked the room - and it was a very big room - with great patience, hugging and chatting, joking, posing for pictures, trying out a few of the sports events.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
President Donald Trump riffed on his White House predecessors in a children's podcast Friday, while also joking about his weight and musing as to whether his body is swimsuit-ready.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Following the convincing 3-0 victory over Czechia while resting some starters, the atmosphere on the Mexican team has been very relaxed, with several videos showing the players joking around with each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mr. Rogen balances the joking and the despair like the great comic actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Soon it’s time to stack up the hurdles and put them off to the side of the track, and all the relay girls are laughing and joking with each other.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
