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The team has become the laughingstock of the league.
The mayor became a laughingstock.
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The youngest generation's reference to the Buckeye State appears to be a laughingstock within the online community, making waves on social media sites like TikTok.
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Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
In last December’s Andalusian regional elections, Vox, a far-right party and until that point the laughingstock of Spanish politicians, garnered some 400,000 votes, or 10.9 percent of the vote, enough to earn the party twelve seats in the Andalusian parliament.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2019
Are repatriation efforts turning British museums into a global laughingstock?
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
Fraser, the first woman ever to run a Wall Street bank, inherited a behemoth that had become a laughingstock among its peers, hobbled by its unwieldy bureaucracy, a bloated staff and slim profit margins.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 July 2024
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Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
In last December’s Andalusian regional elections, Vox, a far-right party and until that point the laughingstock of Spanish politicians, garnered some 400,000 votes, or 10.9 percent of the vote, enough to earn the party twelve seats in the Andalusian parliament.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2019
Are repatriation efforts turning British museums into a global laughingstock?
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
Fraser, the first woman ever to run a Wall Street bank, inherited a behemoth that had become a laughingstock among its peers, hobbled by its unwieldy bureaucracy, a bloated staff and slim profit margins.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 July 2024
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughingstock. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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laughingstock
noun
laugh·ing·stock
ˈlaf-iŋ-ˌstäk 
ˈlȧf-
: a person or thing that is made fun of
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