funny
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She recalled how Robert was so funny that he made her fall off her chair laughing on their first date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It sounds like Mr. Batiste—graceful yet playful, searching but also funny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Isabell was beautiful inside and out, sweet, funny, silly, smart, strong in her faith, and deeply loved by everyone fortunate enough to know her,” an online fundraising page for her family read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A subversive, funny new show: HBO’s new Sunday night series Lanterns is the spiritual successor to Watchmen: a superhero show for people who don’t think they like superhero shows.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
I pointed to the end of Yellow Dog Road, where I noticed a funny figure, kind of like me, though older somehow.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Did these two never read the funnies growing up?
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
“She gives me the funnies from her paper every Sunday,” said front desk clerk Teina Tahauri.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Most episodes have the same rhythm as the Sunday funnies, with similarly corny punch lines.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2021
She messed around the kitchen for a while and then went out on the front porch to read the funnies.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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And is funnier than any of its relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jokes about Twitch streamers getting paid to do nothing were funnier the first 1,000 times you saw them somewhere, and even then, they weren’t worth more than a passing snicker.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
He thinks the pre-taped sketches have been funnier than the live ones for the most part but says Weekend Update has been consistently strong.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Let’s turn to Justice Samuel Alito, whose dissent is slightly less crazy but way funnier because he’s big mad.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
When a stand-up puts down a heckler, he has to do so by being funnier: compelling laughter, very directly, gets the audience on his side.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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“It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s a great idea,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
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
“We are happy to right this wrong and proclaim ‘Blazing Saddles’ the funniest film of all time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was the funniest thing I’d ever seen in my life!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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