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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squibs
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Tyler Perry loves his broad comedies, many revolving around his most enduring character, Madea, the blunt, street-smart, occasionally violent grandmother with a heart of gold.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
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The biggest non-studio movies in Europe last year were local-language comedies, including the Italian hit Buen Camino, which grossed $90 million domestically, and Germany’s Western spoof Manitou’s Canoe with a $57 million local haul.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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More than a hundred years before the French Revolution, his riotous, scathing satires dared to speak truth to some of the most absolute power in the world.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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Christopher Guest really took up the mantle of putting real emotional elements in these satires — look at A Mighty Wind.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2025
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Even the comedic skits showed real progress.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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With both of them working in the medical field — Sheena as a physician’s assistant in the psychiatry field and Sunit as an internal medicine doctor — the Shahs have also included positive mental health content in some of the skits.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some robots, like Noetix’s Bumi, appeared in comedy sketches to show social interaction capabilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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His air of louche mischief attended his farces about Dada and James Joyce and moral determinism, his cleverness worn as lightly as a scarf.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
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