laugh
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In a 2016 memoir, Knight recounted how he tried hard not to laugh when executives showed him some designs for an athletic shoe for discus throwers they called the “Throw Up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"When they appear on the screen, you laugh before they do anything."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We just laugh about it,” a grinning Siegmund said about the article.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The judge joked about whether the applause was for him, and Holdo let out a little laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
I laugh and cry at the same time.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
“For those of you who don’t know who we are and are disappointed, I apologize,” Fielder, joined onstage by Oppenheim, told the crowd to laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The laughs keep coming, especially when a little bot in a soccer jersey whiffs a kick and splats on its back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
She smiles, laughs, cries, makes jokes, stomps her foot, flirts and gossips about other women with a girlfriend.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ohtani looked close to his normal self, even exchanging a few “gotcha” laughs with Smith, like when he induced an infield pop-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
He laughs a little as he shakes his head.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“That was a funny part I laughed at,” he noted — but he still had to read them, just in case any seemed legitimate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
He was corrected by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins who laughed and joked: "Secretary Burgum has to do a little magic."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
He laughed and said instantly: “Your memory is correct.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“They just laughed and acted up. It was just wonderful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Hugo laughed and crossed a hand over his chest.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Footage captured on her phone shows the family laughing at home in Abertridwr, near Caerphilly, as her daughter got creative with the scissors.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The allure of her physicality and personality seemed intertwined: She was often shown laughing or making others laugh, dressed stylishly, and was known to tap-dance spontaneously in elevators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"It explained why I kept losing things and I started laughing at myself, at all the other silly things I do again and again."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
For someone for whom jokes were a constant, this was no laughing matter.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mom used to say she knew Jonah and I were out in the treehouse if she could hear me laughing from all the way inside.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
