comical
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He uses this comical, criminal-esque language, calling shield laws a “scheme” and an “operation.”
From Slate • May 15, 2026
By turns comical and deeply affecting, “The Golden Boy” is heavy on back story, family history, Canadian history and geography, and on what Aristotle and friends would call exegesis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The 98th Academy Awards featured emotional speeches, comical relief and a bevy of backstage fun.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
A small, almost comical callback to the smoothie that started it all.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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