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laugh

[laf] / læf /




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I've heard stories which have made me laugh and cry.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But El-Sayed may yet have the last laugh.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Backman recalls that his grandmother used to travel with a magnifying glass and how he used to laugh at it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: When this Alaska lawsuit first hit, it did not pass the laugh test, right?

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Then I take Gabi’s arm, and we talk and laugh and smile all the way home.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

It was also moving to see that Stew and Rodewald’s Tony Award-winning book still delivers laughs and pathos two decades on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

He seems to be on stage only to get laughs.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

To McDonagh’s relief, the little cancer monologue got laughs at a test screening at a mall in Paramus, New Jersey, landing as he’d hoped with the rest of Wild Horse Nine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Yeah, I was losing my mind,” Hanawalt laughs at “Costner Watch.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Kendrick shrugs and laughs with a “had to try” look.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The Vision who lived, laughed and loved beside Wanda was an illusion, a delusion, really, brought to life by witchcraft.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some in the audience laughed, and no hands went up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They added "survivors should never be left feeling that what happened to them is something that could be laughed at, minimised or dismissed".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Sometimes even government voters laughed at our observations," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Papa laughed and said, “Oh, I don’t think you’ll die. You may think you will, but you won’t. In a day or two, you’ll be as good as new.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“You will be my guest at Mar-a-Lago. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you’ll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert,” Trump said, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

At which point, Mr. Murray himself can’t stop laughing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They should be laughing, because it’s kind of hilarious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I realized there are people here who have no idea what this movie is,” Cvijic said, laughing.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Renn burst out laughing, spraying water all over the ice.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver


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