as in joked
to make jokes
wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions
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Rock previously joked about being lonely in his 50s during an episode of Kevin Hart's Peacock series Hart to Heart, which aired in July 2022.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026 -
The site joked that Tom Hiddleston would play the franchise’s first Bond boy and Gillian Anderson would be the new M in the Amazon film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight — the last two of whom are genuinely attached to the 26th Bond movie.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mandel quipped, drawing laughs.—
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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One Ojos volunteer quipped that the agents worked banker’s hours.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Wisecracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisecracked. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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