last laugh
Example Sentences
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As the specifics on this list prove, Granny can be a very important and beloved character who often gets the last laugh if only because she gets the best lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Tommy Freeman's 76th-minute score and celebratory point to home fans looked like an unlikely famous moment in Irish rugby history - but Ramos had the last laugh.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Though early in forecasting both the bursting of the internet bubble and the bear market during the global financial crisis, Grantham had the last laugh.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
Yet the doomed queen has had the last laugh in the form of an extended afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
While some physicists are trying to eliminate zero from their equations, others are showing that zero may have the last laugh.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
