one-liner
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“It’s like climbing a mountain,” he says, flaunting his well-honed ability to turn even the toughest-learned lesson into a playful one-liner: “Everybody’s waving at you, ‘Go back, go back.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Knox, the American student accused of murder, who spent four years in an Italian prison, is figuring out a one-liner.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
“Eventually Revolut froze the account. They told me there was nothing they could do. It felt like a one-liner to say sorry.”
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024
Long known for his ability to land a one-liner with a style that was both comedically ruthless and deeply human, he was also admired for acknowledging his own failings and vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
Something catches me off guard—a TV show, a funny one-liner from my dad, a comment in class—and I laugh like nothing ever happened.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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Its closest resemblance is to Wain’s 2014 romantic comedy parody, “They Came Together,” which, despite having no shortage of memorable one-liners, functions best as a whole.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Blunt stole the show with laugh-out-loud one-liners, often delivered dripping with contempt to Hathaway’s bumbling newbie second assistant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
But something that has people talking almost as much as the return of Miranda Priestly's abrupt one-liners is the film's female-led soundtrack.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The “Chuck Norris facts” phenomenon — a stream of absurd one-liners casting him as an invincible force of nature — helped turn the actor into a meme sensation before memes were a business.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
He tells a few more one-liners and introduces a young kid dressed in black pants and a black turtleneck sweater.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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