gag

Example Sentences

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And one company that operates on Gag island, which has particularly rich deposits of nickel, has been allowed to continue its operations.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Gag orders that prohibit journalists from writing about certain cases are considered to be severely problematic under the First Amendment.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023

“Either conclusion just sort of points to: Gag orders shouldn’t be that broad,” Bruschke told the Statesman by phone.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

Over the next decade he published books like “Blue Ribbon Comedy,” “The Working Comedian’s Gag File,” “Tag-Lines,” “Bits, Boffs and Banter” and “The Emcee’s Handbook” He would publish dozens of joke collections in his career.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Meanwhile the Old Gag was sitting in his corner of the dressing-room, his head bowed on his breast, his gruel untasted on the tray before him.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney