pun
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It is a longstanding pun within China for those overseas returnees.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
After she responds by asking, in a flat, noncombative tone, “Do your children not understand what a pun is?,”
From Slate • May 4, 2026
They may be the subject of - pardon the pun - heated debate, almost religious in its fervour.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
In good Dada and Pop art-style, the work’s title turns out to be a pun: A deed is not just a real estate certificate but an endeavor that one has undertaken.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
He could always unsettle her face with a stem admonition or an old joke or pun in Korean.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing pun
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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