gag
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It was so influential that it spawned a popular online gag, pointing fun at reviewers who couldn't help but repeat a cliché, external about the game making them feel like Spider-Man.
From BBC β Sep. 12, 2026
And still, the gag order remains—for both of them, technically.
From Slate β Aug. 20, 2026
One catch: A gag order in the case meant if she told anyone, both she and whomever she informed could face charges.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 9, 2026
Falstaff’s girth is worked into the comic mayhem, but the character should be more than a sight gag.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 23, 2026
The first graders burst out laughing, and I hoped the gag would be as successful with all the classes.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.
From Slate β Sep. 27, 2026
The gags are counterbalanced by generous helpings of schmaltz, with much talk of the power of the feminine and how sisterhood defeats all.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 10, 2026
There hasn’t been a film with so many legitimate blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gags in some time.
From Salon β Jul. 12, 2026
More of those smart gags would have been welcome, but they peter out after half an hour or so.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 1, 2026
The taste of salt spray nearly gags me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.
From Slate β Jun. 13, 2026
In South Tangerang, some pedestrians gagged and swatted at swarms of flies as they walked down littered streets.
From Barron's β Feb. 17, 2026
If Maria could do it, so could I. At first sip, I gagged ever-so-slightly, visions of Looney Tunes farm animals dancing through my head.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 18, 2024
Wine: Of course, the media initially was not as gagged.
From Salon β Feb. 13, 2024
I gagged down a sandwich and some pills at my locker, then headed for the library, the safe haven of freaks, geeks and small-town prophets.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Spitting to the required level required multiple attempts and near gagging.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 17, 2026
Food binds generations through shared experience, even if the first bite ends in tears or, apparently, smelt-induced gagging.
From Salon β Dec. 14, 2025
When the leak was discovered some 18 months later, in August 2023, the then-Conservative government sought a gagging order to prevent details of the error being made public.
From BBC β Aug. 21, 2025
The peer had previously voiced concern over "serious constitutional issues" raised by the handling of the breach, which went undiscovered for more than a year before the gagging order was requested.
From BBC β Jul. 21, 2025
She drank most of it and spilled the rest when she started gagging.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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