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amusing

[uh-myoo-zing] / əˈmyu zɪŋ /


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“Merrily” turns out to be an unexpectedly amusing farce with echoes of “My Man Godfrey.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

At the time, watching these videos didn’t elicit nausea or repulsion in Jemima—they came across as amusing.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

While darkly amusing, this is genuinely dangerous; movements that believe themselves to be comprehensively infiltrated tend to radicalize further and faster.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Ms. Lemann was commissioned by Vanity Fair to report on the trial but her piece never ran in the magazine due to its amusing lack of journalistic rigor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The amusing novelty of a tame tiger and a magician was over.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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