mirth
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Vialatte, who spent decades bringing Kafka into French, was particularly attuned to the comedy of the writing, the mirth it took in absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The temptation was to laugh because the place couldn't have been any more electrified, but the drama down below didn't allow for mirth.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Hopefully, that mirth is starting to wear thin.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
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
They found new and fertile grounds for mirth at his expense one evening when a group of them noticed Joe eating a meal in the cafeteria.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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