jesting

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Popular Nigerian pastor Jimmy Odukoya has also joined the jesting by commending Bafana Bafana for their performance despite their defeat, but telling the South African players: "You need water."

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024

“Some of you may know me as Kelly Bundy from ‘Married With Children,’” she continued, jesting that the audience didn’t need to applaud every time she does something.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024

If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Twitter’s executives appeared skeptical, too, given that it was difficult to discern how much Mr. Musk might be jesting.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Their jesting lie had turned into nightmare truth.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks