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Though the “One Wish Willow” looks like a gag gift, his wish comes true.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

You might have heard about that narrow leadership—“bad breadth,” as the overused gag goes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"It was really good. I knew he'd appreciate the gag and finally finding out but it was actually a bit of a relief as well. I couldn't keep this going forever."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then, you know, realizing that in some cases it was just going to be a sight gag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

After fighting back the urge to gag, he told the confectioner, weakly, “You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes,” and saw her eyes flare wide.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"They've been relying quite visibly on scripts and gags, and I would like to see them relax into themselves," she adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

The gags are counterbalanced by generous helpings of schmaltz, with much talk of the power of the feminine and how sisterhood defeats all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Dylan gags on a vomit-flavored bean as I watch the movie.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 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

If Maria could do it, so could I. At first sip, I gagged ever-so-slightly, visions of Looney Tunes farm animals dancing through my head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Wine: Of course, the media initially was not as gagged.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

Joe’s great-uncle gagged as if he had just swallowed a cat.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Spitting to the required level required multiple attempts and near gagging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Food binds generations through shared experience, even if the first bite ends in tears or, apparently, smelt-induced gagging.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

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

The guards saw what was happening on camera and started asking, "Why are you vomiting? Why do you keep gagging? What's wrong?"

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

“Salted kitten and shrew’s liver!” another said, to which the younger children responded with gagging sounds.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs