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Noun
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Her Venezuela flub drew much mockery and scorn from political rivals and opponents.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Otherwise, the law is made a mockery and those who followed the law to become citizens will rightfully be angry about a system that treats law-abiders and law-breakers the same.—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Or, indeed, anyone else’s, given its alluring but thoroughly peculiar jumble of comic, dramatic and generally antic tones, or the increasingly indeterminate target of its hollow social satire.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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An app can also control modes and track real-time data—recording trips via GPS, monitoring performance metrics, and adjusting power output to help maintain a target heart rate.—
Kendall Hunter,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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Family members of the shooting victims cried as the sentence was handed down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The victim was taken to Hartford Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to state police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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The issue has been a lightning rod issue not only between moderate and progressive Democrats, but among Republicans as well.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the fate of the position that’s been filled on an interim basis since June and proven a lightning rod of controversy for the first-term mayor remains uncertain.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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In this case, that makes Dumars and his team sitting ducks for anyone else with designs on their score.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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Shipping lanes suffered, neutrality became meaningless, and actual fishing vessels became sitting ducks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Dec. 2025
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For Rebillard, the fossil is also proof that all three prey species not only lived together in the same geologic time but also died together in the same week or even day.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
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Bigger fish slammed prey in a shallow pool next to the bank.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The perfect jeans need to come in a just-right wash, lift my butt, and make my legs look longer.—
Cheryl Wagemann,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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And in mainstream entertainment, aspects of Chinese culture or identity were often turned into the butt of the joke.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Alphabet had a surprising 750 million average monthly users for its Gemini app, which was just a few years ago a laughingstock.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Black people as laughingstock, caricature.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Pilgarlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlic. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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