laughingstock
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From AI-assisted trains to autonomous road shuttles, Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn -- long the country's laughingstock for its poor punctuality -- is working on the future of mobility.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
New England still glows from two triumphant decades with Tom Brady, its chisel-cheeked, carb-shunning, Super Bowl quarterback turned glambot who lifted the meek Patriots from laughingstock to trophy-hoarding Godzilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Moreover, she was neither a pitiful fool nor a mere laughingstock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rallied for a 34-28 overtime victory, which made Atlanta a national laughingstock.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Since all of this is being televised, right now District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem, and he knows it.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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