laughable
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It also gave the president the exact height and weight ratio to keep him right under an “obese” body mass index, a designation so convenient as to be laughable.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Some of the listed benefits are laughable, like free local phone calls.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“It’s almost laughable for the president of Mexico to feign ignorance” about CIA activities in Mexico, said Gilberto Gonzalez, a former DEA agent who worked here in the 1980s and 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
"It's laughable that for almost two months, the entire security apparatus of Uganda has invested billions of taxpayers' money to search for me everywhere, but they failed to get me," he continued.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Sitting in my office, drying my tears, reflecting on my brokenness, it seemed like a laughable notion.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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