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She didn't understand the punch line.
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Others, such as the Revolutionary War-era cameo of one of the country’s founding fathers, are little more than walking, talking punch lines.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The national punch line was that the Cincinnati eagle looked more like a turkey.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
As modernism bloomed and the Gilded Age became a punch line, so, inevitably, did its premier portraitist.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
That became a punch line for too many voters and gave them an easy narrative for whom to blame.
—Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The national punch line was that the Cincinnati eagle looked more like a turkey.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
As modernism bloomed and the Gilded Age became a punch line, so, inevitably, did its premier portraitist.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
That became a punch line for too many voters and gave them an easy narrative for whom to blame.
—Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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