mirth

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At the beginning of the war, Iran’s seemingly scattered attacks on infrastructure, embassies and hotels in Gulf states were a source of mirth for some American commentators.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

As recently as two days ago, he mentioned how his actions are making the District a place of mirth and virtue.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

The games, the tedium, the comfort of nostalgia, the sting and fury of old resentments: It’s an experience of mirth and misery alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Eventually, though, expenses, questionable bookkeeping by associates and bad investments ate his savings, and in 1987, at 38 and weighing nearly 300 pounds, he announced, to the mirth of many, his comeback.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

When there was no further response, he laughed without mirth and said that it was a funny name, the Sugar Isles, because it sound so sweet.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson