punch

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The zoo previously said Punch initially struggled to bond with the other monkeys, with only the toy and zookeepers providing him company after he was abandoned by his mother.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“Middlebrow” dates to the 1920s, first used by the British humor magazine Punch.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Punch line or not, if that was what was in store for me, I had a feeling I would love joining a book club.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“The Punch Bowl,” made in late 1944, when Germany was on its knees, portrayed a “good old German never-never land of unspoiled cobblestone streets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I'd just had to use the Punch Method again for “speak.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell