gag

"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

Romance, irony and sight gag arrive together, balanced in a single beat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

And still, the gag order remains—for both of them, technically.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

But the sight gag nature of the characterization is overworked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The words were hard to get out, but Percy managed not to gag.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

More of those smart gags would have been welcome, but they peter out after half an hour or so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

In between gags and coughs, I sucked air in hard.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

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

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

I gagged when I smelled the greenish-black crust that lined the hull, with its odor of old vegetables and the special Alabama grease Nana always smothered on my cuts.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

This mammoth data breach, which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK, was only revealed last month after the High Court lifted a gagging order.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

Reading a summary of his judgment in court, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the the gagging order had "given rise to serious free speech concerns".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

When we come to the steps leading down, Pollux and I are scanning for a possible alternative on the Holo when I start gagging.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins