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Recent Examples of thigh-slapper
Despite the wild characters and imaginative leaps, the humor is laidback, pleasant, and effortless, more likely to elicit warm smiles than thigh-slappers.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh-slapper
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The team of cosmic homicide detectives determined a strange X-ray signal is the dying scream of a planet destroyed by a superdense stellar corpse called a white dwarf.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The audience went wild before Cruise hit the stage, filling Harpo Studios in Chicago with deafening screams, applause and even some tears.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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Editor’s picks Looked at in the context of Lynch’s larger career — among the most remarkable in film history, but also among the most idiosyncratic — such wide-sweeping popularity almost feels like a practical joke by the universe on David Lynch, or perhaps vice versa.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some guessed that excessive Taser incidents could be officers fiddling with the weapons out of boredom or sparking them as a practical joke.—
Nate Rosenfield,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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From the outset, Union Pacific officials recognized that the odds of bringing the riot’s ringleaders to justice were slim.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Huttle was among the 1,500 people convicted or charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and pardoned by Trump last month on the first day of his second presidential term.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Amid federal workforce layoffs and concerns about the economic impact of his trade policies—which have already sparked panic in the U.S. stock market—several CEOs have voiced doubts about the president's agenda.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Then, as now, much of the moral panic over what's being taught in schools is really rooted in anxieties about the racial order of the United States.—
Gene Demby,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2025
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On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2025
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While a looming hurricane spells doom for a sleepy Florida town, citizens carry on: two friends pull pranks and ponder life; another pair captures terrifying footage of the storm; a young woman harbors a deep crush.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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Tom Green, a Y2K-era phenomenon most famous for his MTV prank show and surreal brand of comedy, is returning to the spotlight with a flurry of new projects for Amazon Prime Video.—
Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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People come here for the fresh twists on classic Italian and pan-Mediterranean dishes—think veal tartare with bone marrow, tuna sauce and capers, or moreish culurgiones (also known as Sardinian ravioli) with pecorino, potato, mint and truffle—and stay for the creative cocktails and superb service.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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TVLine has learned that Season 3 of the caper drama (which previously streamed on Freevee) will premiere Thursday, April 17, with the first three episodes of 10, followed by weekly drops.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Thigh-slapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thigh-slapper. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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