the one about

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: the joke about
Have you heard the one about the priest and the rabbi?

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The steady stream of concrete recollections is broken up by occasional micro-stories, like the one about Elmslie, who would become Brainard’s lifelong partner and provider in a committed, if bumpy, relationship. David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025 Another story about oracles is the one about the Sibyl of Cumae, an oracle. Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 And if a post like the one about ICE goes viral, the pages that spread it could earn a cash bonus. Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025 Not the one about Jesus’ life and death, but the one about his Second Coming, featuring the world’s best foils: the red dragon, i.e., Satan, and the beast from the sea, whom theologians later interpreted as the Antichrist. Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the one about

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