hysterical
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The presentation is just a tiny bit hysterical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
“All the boys have them,” one female White House aide told the Journal, while another joked that “it’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them.”
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026
López kept her word, casting Ontiveros as Carmen, the hardworking, hysterical mother in “Real Women Have Curves.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But when she told the nursery manager and deputy manager in early 2024, she says they made her feel like a "hysterical mum" who was exaggerating.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Then the scene switches to a young Hideo on his knees before his parents, sobbing, begging forgiveness, hysterical, inconsolable, even as they try to make him get up.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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