as in jokes
to make jokes
just a couple of old friends funning with each other
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Diego Calva jokes that his mother, Lorena, almost had a heart attack when Brad Pitt called her by her name at the 2023 Golden Globes.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026 -
However, when the team started winning, Hampton jokes that the coach quickly came around.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Comeback kids these 2026 Boston Red Sox are not.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
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Young Michael may have seemed strange, or just plain different, to kids his own age, but what about the adult Michael, whose professional life took him outside the family orbit and into offices, studios, and night clubs?—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Funs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funs. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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