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causing or intended to cause laughter
hilarious cartoons that the whole family can enjoy the clown's hilarious antics
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Recent Examples of hilarious
Staples turns that set-up into a hilarious and slightly surreal satire about the challenges facing Black entrepreneurs.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That first scene in Act 2 is hilarious, (after) the sort of melodrama and pathos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Bad Sisters Recap: Off the Wagon The last scene with Angelica is so shocking, hilarious, and … inconvenient for the Garvey sisters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
The 28-year-old athlete rose to fame during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, posting hilarious TikTok videos from the Olympic Village as the Covid pandemic restricted fans and family members from in-person spectating.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That first scene in Act 2 is hilarious, (after) the sort of melodrama and pathos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Bad Sisters Recap: Off the Wagon The last scene with Angelica is so shocking, hilarious, and … inconvenient for the Garvey sisters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
The 28-year-old athlete rose to fame during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, posting hilarious TikTok videos from the Olympic Village as the Covid pandemic restricted fans and family members from in-person spectating.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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An Instax camera snaps photos throughout the night, the shots progressively funnier the more nog is consumed.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Based on the humorous writings of author Jean Shepherd, the beloved holiday movie follows the wintry exploits of youngster Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), who spends most of his time dodging a bully (Zack Ward) and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift, a Red Ryder Air Rifle.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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And especially if the song comes from a musical comedy, then the lyrics are often humorous.Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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Green should win the title and use her reign as champion to morph into a slightly more serious and less comedic character.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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And in Annie's climax, delivers one of the biggest comedic moments in the show with an off-handed remark to Mark Woodard's FDR.Dave Quinn, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Other videos don’t end so super—with a range of different crashes resulting, which may seem amusing to watch.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Additional viewers found the segment to be amusing, with several enjoying the Port Authority joke.Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Zaillian, hewing to Patricia Highsmith’s novel, emphasized the sheer labor—often tedious, sometimes comical—involved in covering up a life of homicide and fraud.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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After a comical flash of Matty in a seersucker suit à la Andy Griffith’s OG Matlock, Matty woke up in bed alongside husband Edwin.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Injury updates The revolving door in John Worley’s training room has spun at a ridiculous pace lately.Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Gibson spends most of the premiere in a ridiculous wig of surfer curls; by the end, he’s got Hall’s haircut, and his inner monologue sounds suspiciously like his predecessor.Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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But this nearly 50-year-old film nevertheless surprises for how fresh its comedic sensibility is and its modern comic point of view.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Escola’s brazenly ahistorical Mary Todd is one of those devilish comic creations, such as Jiminy Glick or Pee-wee Herman, that seems less invented than sprung free, never to return.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Ken Truitt said the person who called police was hysterical and said her baby had been murdered, according to the Ventura County Star.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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