laughing stock

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In a July 4, 2013, email to Nikolic, Epstein wrote: “Bill risks going from richest man to biggest hypocrite, melinda a laughing stock, pledges will disappear as a result.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

“You think about two years ago, three years ago, four years ago or one year ago, we were a laughing stock all over the world.”

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Just ask the Post Office, which in 2001 wasted £2m to rebrand as Consignia, only to reverse course after the baffling name became a laughing stock.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

But having told Variety that his goal was to “revive cinema and make bold choices,” the news about Kool-Aid makes Matt a laughing stock.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

She said he was making a laughing stock of himself and everybody associated with him.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut