jokingly
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Mahmood may have been told to go easy on Fuchs, but the Austrian took his chance when faced with a full toss and then jokingly blew a kiss at Mahmood.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
His outsider model was adopted wholesale, including by the similarly coiffed Abelardo de la Espriella, whom a few Colombian commentators have jokingly dubbed the "Temu Bukele."
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Bakker jokingly described the team’s process as “using the most cutting edge technology,” before noting that the technique is actually inspired by Roman innovation from more than 2,000 years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Instead of blackouts, Cubans jokingly refer to periods when electricity was available as ‘light-ins.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
He couldn’t leave his siblings and his mother behind to bear the brunt of “Reverend Rambo,” as he and his sisters jokingly called him.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
