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[josh] / dʒɒʃ /


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In 2019, the catchphrase "How's the josh?" leapt from Uri: The Surgical Strike - a blockbuster inspired by India's 2016 cross-border military operation against Pakistan- into the political mainstream.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The actors josh with each other and the audience in the madcap communal spirit of commedia dell’arte troupers.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2021

Holtz is a wiry man with a lined face, a Brooklyn accent—he grew up in Sheepshead Bay—and a digressive speaking style that his colleagues like to josh about.

From The New Yorker Nov. 18, 2019

Focus on your life and your daughter and move on josh.

From Slate Aug. 13, 2019

And the same thought went through all their minds, josh Billings was a great man, a great writer.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

We love playing zoos,” joshes Hammond B-3 organ player John Medeski, whose trio, Medeski, Martin & Wood, swells to a quartet with guitarist John Scofield at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, June 18.

From Seattle Times Jun. 13, 2014

As he smiles for the television cameras and joshes with House Speaker John Boehner, I hope that Obama will quote an old enemy to his new friend.

From Nature Nov. 28, 2012

He joshes with Jon Stewart, poses for the covers of Wired and Fortune.

From Salon May 4, 2011

Mid-block, Officer Robert Grisby joshes with an emaciated woman.

From Washington Post

And some joshes him, but they don't seem to be no trouble in the air.

From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis

Charles joshed at a banquet dinner in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

But just upriver from the Ivangorod fortress, a couple of old-timers watched their fishing poles and joshed with each other.

From Seattle Times Sep. 8, 2023

“If we had another penalty,” Enrique joshed, “I would substitute Bono, their goalkeeper.”

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2022

While his pals traded war stories and joshed each other about glory days gone by, he would feel uncomfortably out of place.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2019

They grinned back, and Smiley kind of joshed my shoulder as they moved toward the dining room, where Aunt Carrie and Miss Sarah, French Gordy’s wife, were slicing cakes and pies.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The jury takes part in the spectacle, happily joshing with the defense lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Grounded by Harden’s natural and loosely charming performance, Khalid treats his nightmare scenario with an alternating sense of anxiety and buoyant, joshing can-do attitude.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2024

Part of the appeal of the show is the humor, both Rowe’s self-depreciating style and that which naturally emerges from the workers, whether they’re gently mocking Rowe or good-naturedly joshing with each other.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2022

Yu projects a Jimmy Stewart aura, playing the young Hirabayashi as an affable Everyman joshing with the “fellas” and saying things like “Jeepers!”

From Washington Post Mar. 5, 2018

After lunch the next day, the boys wandered through town, joshing one another, poking into shops, taking pictures with their new cameras, buying a few souvenirs, exploring corners of Kopenick they hadn’t yet seen.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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