laugh (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laugh (at)
Verb
  • Videos of him saying that have been ridiculed by the anti-war right this week – one of them, a prediction that removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq would weaken Iran, was conclusively proven wrong.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 18 June 2025
  • But while others might see something to ridicule, Margarita sees something entirely different: a way to belong.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • In September 2024, she was mocked online after releasing a single.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Tonally, the show is all over the place, laying on the moody theatrics one moment, mocking Dave’s writerly pretenses the next.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
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“Laugh (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugh%20%28at%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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