laughingstock
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New England still glows from two triumphant decades with Tom Brady, its chisel-cheeked, carb-shunning, Super Bowl quarterback turned glambot who lifted the meek Patriots from laughingstock to trophy-hoarding Godzilla.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Moreover, she was neither a pitiful fool nor a mere laughingstock.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
Lopez quickly became a laughingstock on TikTok following the release of her musical film “This Is Me... Now: A Love Story,” which critics described as “confusing” and straight up ludicrous.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
The candidates were competing to replace George Santos, a serial fabulist who made the district a national laughingstock, and an Election Day snowstorm gave Suozzi an 11th-hour boost.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Without credit, the new nation would remain a laughingstock in foreign eyes.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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