humor
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She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Colbert has said he initially struggled with CBS’s mandate for broad topical humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Bringing back that seemingly outdated approach to film performance, with its unique speed and humor, for a modern, big-scale series was a risk for the producers, Cage admits, and a vote of confidence in him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
What I liked most about his letter, aside from his philanthropy, was his sense of humor.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
All traces of humor and mischief have evaporated from her eyes, revealing the same intense look that Ma must have inherited.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing humor
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