the one about

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: the joke about
Have you heard the one about the priest and the rabbi?

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With all that hammering away, the Diddy trial resurfaced some of the very same rape myths that the Me Too movement worked to dismantle a few short years ago, including the one about the perfect victim. Aja Romano, Vox, 2 July 2025 All the rape myths that the Me Too movement was supposed to have debunked have slunk their way back into the level of acceptable discourse, especially the one about how no true rape victim will appease their attackers. Aja Romano, Vox, 2 July 2025 The quirks in a schedule often get scenarios like the one about to unfold, the Yankees and Red Sox starting their season series. Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Despite the letter—and PEN’s embrace of political passions—in 1948 the 3 guiding principles from Brussels 1927, including the one about art untouched by politics, became the first 3 articles of the PEN Charter. Kamila Shamsie june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the one about

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