funny
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A lot of the onscreen talent happen to be pretty darn funny too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Overly glib or sarcastic messages can get you into trouble, even if they are funny, reckons Paul Fitzsimmons, head of sales and marketing at law firm Wilford Smith.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“And then there’s some funny stuff too,” Dan explained, strutting around the store, with a sense of importance.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
But I’m a funny Dylan fan because I like the weird lyrics he does, like “Clothes Line Saga” from “The Basement Tapes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s funny how much can change in just a few hours.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Her early life story has more of the makings of a telenovela than the Sunday funnies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Did these two never read the funnies growing up?
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
As a boy, Mr. Cruse created theatrical shows and fell in love with the Sunday funnies, drawing his own cartoons about Landie Lucker, “the super elf.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2019
Mom comes downstairs and I’m reading the funnies and eating oatmeal.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Here Ms. Howden displays an instinctive wisdom of her own; sometimes, silence is funnier than anything you could say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Elsewhere in his interview, McSweeney said he found Donald Trump "much funnier than I expected him to be".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Because what is funnier than appearing in one soap opera? Appearing in two!” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
And trust me, there ain't nothing funnier than that.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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And one of Slate’s funniest writers, Christina Cauterucci, took a deep dive into the weirdly knife-heavy videos the Trump administration has been posting on TikTok, so you don’t have to.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
He did this by causing one of the weirdest and funniest political scandals of the modern era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
I don’t know if the result is the Stones’ best since 1978’s “Some Girls,” but it’s definitely the funniest, which is actually the more impressive achievement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Freeman said: "I've never laughed that much at work, before or since. It's easily the funniest time I've ever had."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
She is the prettiest and strongest and funniest person who ever spent twenty- three hours a day alone in a basement.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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