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Recent Examples of laugher
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.
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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
Some 78 yards later, Brown had a touchdown that his quarterback and coach would call the dagger in a 42-17 unexpected laugher at KU.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
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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
Some 78 yards later, Brown had a touchdown that his quarterback and coach would call the dagger in a 42-17 unexpected laugher at KU.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laugher
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The offense came up with timely hits early, Garrett Crochet was back to being Garrett Crochet and in the top of the ninth, the Red Sox erupted in epic fashion, scoring 10 runs to turn what was already a blowout into an absolute laugher.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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The group rallied for its 18th consecutive session Friday supported by a blowout earnings report from Intel .—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the South Shore League, Jacob Landers tossed a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts for Middleboro in a 10-0 romp over Carver.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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Moving through the images feels like a romp around a year of both crisis and hope, as the economy crumbles and Obama is elected.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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Phoenix Suns Thunder win series 4-0 Oklahoma City was mostly unbothered by Phoenix in a four-game sweep.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Sounds like a recipe for a Dodgers sweep, right?—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hernandez Rivas, a runaway from Riverside County, had been reported missing in April 2024 from her family’s home in Lake Elsinore, Calif.—
Jessica Schaldebeck,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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At that point Jade was caught in the middle of a mother trying to do her best, who arranged stays with friends and family, and being placed in foster care, but often living as a runaway.—
Betsy Shuller,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mike Minogue has won the Republican endorsement for Massachusetts Governor in a landslide victory, taking in a whopping 70% of the votes.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Away from the obvious icons lie natural wonders where ecology, history, and culture remain tightly interwoven, and where human presence has often been defined by restraint rather than conquest.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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Morris scooped the world in 1953 with the news of the British expedition’s conquest of Everest.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 76ers have come up with back-to-back resounding victories to force a Game 7 that did not look feasible a few days ago.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
2 May 2026
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Montgomery hit a solo shot in the fifth, helping the Sox to a season-high fourth consecutive victory in front of a sellout crowd of 43,638 at Petco Park.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Its capture marked a significant symbolic victory for the junta and its Russian allies.—
Wilson Mcmakin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Now, is that the same as a soldier betting on the capture of a vicious dictator?—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Laugher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugher. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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