chuckle
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"As he was coming off, I said to him 'great save Nigel Martyn' because Hitchy was a Leeds fan and he had a little chuckle to himself," says Bowsley.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The quip got a mild chuckle out of Mastro, though not much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In SpaceX’s case, Musk’s people at least laid out their $28.5 trillion “math,” and you could chuckle at how silly it was.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Good afternoon. I heard you missed me. Here I am," Melania said with a chuckle as she opened an event in the White House Rose Garden.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“You seemed to surprise your principal, as well,” Professor Garcia said with a chuckle.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"I'd come here once a month for a holiday if I could," he chuckles.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"With so many unanswered questions, gravity remains one of the most fascinating areas of research. It's a naturally attractive field," Gallardo chuckles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
“My sister and I introduced him to Jockstrap,” Grohl chuckles when I ask what bands she introduced her dad to during those rides.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
It’s kind of passive-aggressive, honestly, but Dad chuckles yet again.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Many of these listeners chuckled aloud when Mr. Sun, having led his quartet through a pent-up and mostly atonal original composition, “Hold Music,” explained its inspiration: a 90-minute ordeal on the phone with the IRS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Max , 32, chuckled Wednesday when informed of that wisecrack, conceding that he’s got some pretty stiff competition in his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“For me, it was about these empowerment sessions. But somebody reminded me, ‘You know, people like to have fun too,’” Sue chuckled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The admiral chuckled as he lowered himself back into the basket.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Soon the mordant Janice is chuckling to herself: “Now we’ve got ourselves a potboiler. A cheating husband. A mistress. A betrayed spouse.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“You know all these other teams probably hate us,” Rams safety Quentin Lake said, chuckling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Many are asking “What happened to Lindsey Graham?,” but nobody is chuckling.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
But he's just as comfortable ceding the spotlight to Little Simz, or chuckling as he trades riffs with flautist Ajay Prasanna.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
That set the other men to guffawing and chuckling.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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