gag
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And still, the gag order remains—for both of them, technically.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Falstaff’s girth is worked into the comic mayhem, but the character should be more than a sight gag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The gag happens again, leading a blue fish to famously quip, “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?”
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Woody is so old, both in the franchise and in reality, that there’s a running gag about his ever-expanding bald spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
I gag, grasp the disc in my fingertips, and pull one last time.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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There are repeated gags about Allie’s job singing covers of popular songs reworked for pharmaceutical companies and almost too many celebrity cameos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
There hasn’t been a film with so many legitimate blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gags in some time.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Though the sequels became progressively worse, each one has a handful of great situational gags — diamonds sparkling through manure recalling the finest, silliest bits in classic spoof films from the late 20th century.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
One of his more triumphant gags involved the rollout of an emoji with a raised eyebrow resembling one of Colbert’s signature looks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
And something else with a magic theme, or jokes and gags, or .
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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One reason Fox’s side of the story has gone untold is that like Eatherly, Fox was gagged by Judge Poland from speaking about the case on social media or to the press.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
In South Tangerang, some pedestrians gagged and swatted at swarms of flies as they walked down littered streets.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
She was caught up in her ex’s fake cancer scam, whooped it up too hard for her own good and gagged on camera more times than we care to count too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024
Wine: Of course, the media initially was not as gagged.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
At the mainmast, Coach Hedge was similarly bound and gagged, while a bizarre-looking creature—a sort of gnome/chimpanzee combo with poor fashion sense—danced around him, doing the coach’s hair in tiny pigtails with pink rubber bands.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Spitting to the required level required multiple attempts and near gagging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Oh my God... I'm gagging, they did not tell me Janet was coming," Taylor exclaimed as she joined her hero on stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
A "super-injunction" - a kind of gagging order that prevents the reporting of even the existence of the injunction - was lifted earlier this week.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
Some mornings, she wakes up gagging or coughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
“Now I see your neck and ears,” Tansy told Lloyd, “I’m gagging myself.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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