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He immediately goes to her house in Westview and plans to banish her for crimes, something she initially laughs off but ultimately begins to fear.

In a social media post, Mr Streeting sought to laugh off some of the more irreverent suggestions.

Mr Hoback shows him his evidence and asks him if he was behind the now trillion dollar invention - a suggestion Mr Todd laughs off.

Zelensky gently interjected to say he hoped relations were better with him than with Putin - a remark laughed off by Trump.

On the same trip, Harris laughed off questions in a nationally televised interview about why she had not yet visited the border as vice president, inflaming critics on the right.