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risible

[riz-uh-buhl] / ˈrɪz ə bəl /


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She opposed Pete Hegseth’s risible nomination as Defense secretary and voted to undo Trump’s heedless tariffs on Canada.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

Until Friday, these videos seemed merely risible, the work of an ersatz journalist so naïve that he appears startlingly unaware of the long history of gullible Westerners falling for such cherry-picked displays of Soviet majesty.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2024

The story is absurd, the dialogue snort-out-loud risible, the fights uninspired.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Among his more risible claims is that 29 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were lay ministers.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

I have in my lifetime laughed till I nearly became spasmodic; but never were my risible muscles put to greater tension than upon this occasion.

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various




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