josh
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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
"All right, make joshes of yourselves if you want to," he said, not so good-natured as at first.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field
Charles joshed at a banquet dinner in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Biden gladhanded and joshed at a running shoe store, bicycle shop and coffee house in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“Y’all will be on the couch with us by February 1,” one of the singers joshed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
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
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
And Bass’ followers loved it, with numerous fans laughing at and applauding his “brilliant” performance, or joshing with him for getting “real footage of the scene.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2022
Before the ceremony, the building was buzzing with friendly joshing.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
As boys suited up and hoisted oars in and out of the racks, there was little of the usual banter and joshing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
