laughable
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“It’s almost laughable for the president of Mexico to feign ignorance” about CIA activities in Mexico, said Gilberto Gonzalez, a former DEA agent who worked here in the 1980s and 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
"It's laughable that for almost two months, the entire security apparatus of Uganda has invested billions of taxpayers' money to search for me everywhere, but they failed to get me," he continued.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Hence, his laughable swipe at the size of the Murrayfield away dressing room.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Silver’s comments—and a subsequent conference call addressing the topic with all 30 of the league’s general managers—came on the heels of some of the most laughable instances of tanking in NBA history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
The very idea of going to them when they awoke, and telling them about his scar hurting him, and about his worries about Voldemort, was laughable.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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