guffaw
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But even now, the news will occasionally let you get off a chuckle or guffaw, even if it isn’t always from your better nature.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
“You know that laugh,” he said of his wife’s great, gusting guffaw, which critics have sought to weaponize.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022
Xenocrates looked at her in utter disbelief, and then suddenly released a guffaw that he tried to stifle but couldn’t.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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