last laugh

Example Sentences

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His nature is to win and to wound and to get the last laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Though early in forecasting both the bursting of the internet bubble and the bear market during the global financial crisis, Grantham had the last laugh.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Yet the doomed queen has had the last laugh in the form of an extended afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

While Spanish sensation Alcaraz bumped his Italian rival from the season-ending world number one spot, Sinner had the last laugh by edging him to retain his ATP Finals title in Turin.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

While some physicists are trying to eliminate zero from their equations, others are showing that zero may have the last laugh.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife