laughter
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They are cheery creatures, “good-natured rather than beautiful, broad, bright-eyed, red-cheeked, with mouths apt to laughter, and to eating and drinking.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
When we sat for dinner, speeches — or rather, roasts — broke out around the table, with our shared peals of laughter making the air ring with life and its sweetness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva rolled with laughter, suggesting the Brexit "divorcees are now dating again".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
But she slipped up, triggering ripples of laughter, when she referred to "my president, excuse me, my husband."
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
He was chaos in a teeny-tiny package, full of laughter and good cheer, but also really, really good at being a friend if you gave him the chance.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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