pun
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Maybe with “Cars” safely in the rearview mirror, and me having just exhausted my one bad pun per story with this sentence, Pixar can return to consistent greatness.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
A number of industry names have recently found their footing, pun intended, at key moving averages, and are starting to outperform the broader market on a relative-strength basis.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Writing to Hollander in 1972, Bloom came up with the pun “anxiety of influenza.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
They may be the subject of - pardon the pun - heated debate, almost religious in its fervour.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“Perhaps Lady Constance will not be the only surprise to tumble out of the Ashton family ‘tree,’” she thought, unable to resist a leafy pun of her own.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing pun
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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