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one-liner

[wuhn-lahy-ner] / ˈwʌnˈlaɪ nər /


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The Thanksgiving episodes are shocking and absurd, packed with scathing one-liner digs and soapy melodrama; feasts so good that you can’t help but come back for more.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

When Craig spots Austin cracking a corny one-liner on the nightly news, he smiles like Santa Claus is real.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

So it’s whether I can take the one-liner absurdity and blend it with real truths about my own life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

She added: "He was always the first to help people in need. Brimming with empathy and living for the present, he would always have a funny one-liner up his sleeve making everyone around him laugh."

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

One of the reasons laughter is so effective as a tool for persuasion—and any stand-up comic who has ever seen off a heckler with a zinging one-liner knows this—is that laughter is involuntary assent.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

With each number called, Le Filip served one-liners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

While there are still "snarky one-liners" and moments of wit in the sequel, the characters find themselves in a "whole new landscape", Blunt says.

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

The banter they’d developed, full of his exasperation and her one-liners, was entertaining to anyone who overheard it.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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