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Recent Examples of laugher
In this laugher-inducing language, Papa becomes Poopoo, Mama becomes Moomoo, and Sloomoo?
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Liz Regalia, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
Her teammates appeared to take the hit personally, quickly turning a relatively taut 1-0 game into a 5-0 laugher over the following 12 minutes of play, with Sarah Fillier, Laura Stacey and Julia Gosling (twice) scoring.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The game was a laugher, and its most memorable moment is a blooper — Dallas' Leon Lett being stripped of the ball by Don Beebe before crossing the goal line late in the fourth quarter.
—Greg Rajan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
Payton Pritchard scored all 12 of his points in the final quarter to help turn the game into a laugher.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
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Liz Regalia, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
Her teammates appeared to take the hit personally, quickly turning a relatively taut 1-0 game into a 5-0 laugher over the following 12 minutes of play, with Sarah Fillier, Laura Stacey and Julia Gosling (twice) scoring.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The game was a laugher, and its most memorable moment is a blooper — Dallas' Leon Lett being stripped of the ball by Don Beebe before crossing the goal line late in the fourth quarter.
—Greg Rajan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
Payton Pritchard scored all 12 of his points in the final quarter to help turn the game into a laugher.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laugher
Noun
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The Atlanta Dream scored 109 points, the second-highest total in franchise history, in a dominant 109-77 blowout of the Washington Mystics at Gateway Center Arena.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Trump, in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, sought to push back against market sentiment after a blowout US jobs report for May spurred bets that the Fed’s next move will be a rate hike to keep inflation in check.—
Tony Czuczka,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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The European romp does, after all, happen for a reason that is impossible to accept—for viewers as well as for Ava.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Thus Director Park will likely be mulling over the sprawling monster sci-fi Hope, by his countryman Na Hong-Jin, and possibly Léa Mysius’s thriller-romp The Birthday Party, which contains a lot of Park’s trademark black humor.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice for Vegas, finding the net for the first time since Game 1 of the Western Conference Final sweep of Presidents’ Trophy winner Colorado.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Twenty-nine of its 32 victories this season are sweeps.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
10 June 2026
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From there, the Gators used three pitchers over two innings as Rider turned a runaway into a nail-biter.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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Each chemical reaction produced even more heat and raised the risk of a process called thermal runaway, when a reaction becomes out of control.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Well, not really; the continent went 41-11 for Morocco but Reed and De Maria did pick up South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia, making the overall count a landslide, with the United Bid receiving more than twice as many votes as Morocco.—
Kevin Baxter
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June 7,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2026
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Leo cited the 16th century Spanish intellectual tradition, known as the School of Salamanca, that gave rise to concepts of international law and inherent human rights after Spain’s colonial conquests of the Americas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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The study does not dispute Sparta's later reputation as a military power, but argues the city-state's origins were not just a simple story of conquest.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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His new doctrine fueled a decades-long war – one that ultimately carried the communist movement to victory and state power in Beijing in 1949.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Ogwumike, who sat out the Sparks’ victory over the Las Vegas Aces last weekend due to a hand injury, moved into sixth place on the WNBA’s career rebounding list with 3,312 and now has a franchise-record 2,339 made field goals for the Sparks.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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But Stiller turns on a special feature deep in his phone’s settings to shoot in Log, a format that deliberately appears nearly grey upon capture.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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This worked, producing carbon-capture material made completely from waste, but the chunkier amine groups made from waste didn’t perform as well.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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“Laugher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugher. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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