last laugh
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Though this focus sometimes led critics to allege that Cook was the wrong man for the job, in each case, he got the last laugh.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Tommy Freeman's 76th-minute score and celebratory point to home fans looked like an unlikely famous moment in Irish rugby history - but Ramos had the last laugh.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
White: That character is all about himself, and this is one final way to leave on the last laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Yet the doomed queen has had the last laugh in the form of an extended afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
While some physicists are trying to eliminate zero from their equations, others are showing that zero may have the last laugh.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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