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

“Here, the gravity of potential harm is small, given that the Gag Order is narrow, limited to prohibiting solely statements regarding the court’s staff,” the panel wrote.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Gag orders in Idaho cases are fairly rare.

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

All attempts to get such petitions before Congress were defeated by a standing rule known as the Atherton Gag.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin