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

MANKATO, Minn. — Seven tough weeks passed with her husband in the hospital before Nancy Gag Braun found long-term care for him.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

“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

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

Doctor Zeb, author of an excellent little work, entitled "The Gag," understood in his distant province that there was a vacant place in the Silent Academy.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 by Various