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josh

[josh] / dʒɒʃ /


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"They just have a really happy relationship and they can josh each other along when needed and yet have real support for each other which is wonderful."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2022

The actors josh with each other and the audience in the madcap communal spirit of commedia dell’arte troupers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

Holtz is a wiry man with a lined face, a Brooklyn accent—he grew up in Sheepshead Bay—and a digressive speaking style that his colleagues like to josh about.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019

Focus on your life and your daughter and move on josh.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2019

And the same thought went through all their minds, josh Billings was a great man, a great writer.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

We love playing zoos,” joshes Hammond B-3 organ player John Medeski, whose trio, Medeski, Martin & Wood, swells to a quartet with guitarist John Scofield at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, June 18.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2014

As he smiles for the television cameras and joshes with House Speaker John Boehner, I hope that Obama will quote an old enemy to his new friend.

From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2012

He joshes with Jon Stewart, poses for the covers of Wired and Fortune.

From Salon ● May 4, 2011

Mid-block, Officer Robert Grisby joshes with an emaciated woman.

From Washington Post

And he joshes and jollies all day long.

From The Californiacs by Inez Haynes Gillmore

Charles joshed at a banquet dinner in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Biden gladhanded and joshed at a running shoe store, bicycle shop and coffee house in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

“Y’all will be on the couch with us by February 1,” one of the singers joshed.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023

At a recent bar mitzvah photo session, Mr. Rocha effortlessly schmoozed the family and joshed with the pensive bar mitzvah boy to get him to smile.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021

They grinned back, and Smiley kind of joshed my shoulder as they moved toward the dining room, where Aunt Carrie and Miss Sarah, French Gordy’s wife, were slicing cakes and pies.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The jury takes part in the spectacle, happily joshing with the defense lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Grounded by Harden’s natural and loosely charming performance, Khalid treats his nightmare scenario with an alternating sense of anxiety and buoyant, joshing can-do attitude.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

As for the internet, I saw exactly one right-leaning economist gently joshing Stephens for his remarks.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023

Part of the appeal of the show is the humor, both Rowe’s self-depreciating style and that which naturally emerges from the workers, whether they’re gently mocking Rowe or good-naturedly joshing with each other.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022

As boys suited up and hoisted oars in and out of the racks, there was little of the usual banter and joshing.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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