laughing stock
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In a July 4, 2013, email to Nikolic, Epstein wrote: “Bill risks going from richest man to biggest hypocrite, melinda a laughing stock, pledges will disappear as a result.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
He told the BBC: "LGR is dead. The government has just folded. They made themselves a total laughing stock."
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
“You think about two years ago, three years ago, four years ago or one year ago, we were a laughing stock all over the world.”
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025
"I would be a laughing stock," he says.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
“Tommy,” I wanted to say to him, “you’re going to make yourself a laughing stock all over again. Imaginary animals? What’s up with you?”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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