How to Use have/get the last laugh in a Sentence

have/get the last laugh

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  • In the long run, though, Texas may have the last laugh.
    Mary Ziegler, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • But the creators of the comic book would have the last laugh.
    George Gene Gustines, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Despite that, Wilson may have been the one to get the last laugh.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Although Taylor left the yard on Hodges’ pitch, the latter would get the last laugh on the final at-bat of the game.
    Evan Dudley, al, 18 May 2022
  • That is perhaps more the case for the Ducks, which is why this breakup is happening, but the Beavers might just get the last laugh this year.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But, as Dangle’s wife reminds her petty husband, the artist may have the last laugh.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Yet industry pundits will have the last laugh when the Critics Choice Assn.
    Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Neighborhood real estate is on the rise and FanPlex may have the last laugh yet.
    Pete Corson, ajc, 16 May 2016
  • Nikola Tesla might have won the war but Mr. Edison may still have the last laugh thanks to digital.
    Mike Hughes, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Employees may have the last laugh on hybrid work after all.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • But Axelrod still managed to have the last laugh, a bitter-sweet victory for Lewis’s fans.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Oct. 2021
  • And that was a pro, adored by millions who appreciated comic skill and the ability to get the last laugh.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Teachers can get the last laugh before returning to the classroom this fall when the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour comes to town.
    Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022
  • Haylee will have the last laugh at the Weatherspoon dinner table this week as her touchdown — her eighth of the season — moves her two ahead of her older brother.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Stlll, though, Henderson and his family have the last laugh on the cork disc thieves -- those weren't designed by Wright and are of little, if any, value.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Yet sterile neutrino advocates might just have the last laugh.
    Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
  • For a comic critiqued by some misguided souls as not being funny enough, Gadsby sure understands how to get the last laugh.
    Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Yet, like the dubious industrial heroes of the present day, Lang may well have the last laugh, as the leader of a movement to forge a brighter technological future.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • As software makers turn to generative AI assistants, will Clippy finally get the last laugh?
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But Cincinnati’s top-10 offense and defense each, respectively, will get the last laugh again, setting up a potential playoff rematch in January.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022

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