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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One of my favorite ones in there is the one about Superman flying backwards around the Earth. Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025 The aim of the under-17s, and all the age groups, is ultimately to see youth success replicated at senior level as well as maintained at events such as the one about to begin in Qatar. Rob Tanner, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025 Including the one about Britney and the knife The most outrageous and tragic claim of the book is one that Federline says his sons told him. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025 Most of the room gets the one about Pynchon’s cameo on The Simpsons. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the one about

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