laugh (at)

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Verb
  • He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The former housekeeper for Jenner further claims that she was mocked for her accent and degraded.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The diary writing nurtures an internal life by giving oxygen to what previously had been ephemeral, easily self-mocked as inappropriate, or troubling.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Laugh (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugh%20%28at%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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