| 单词 | laughable |
| 例句 | He said it would be laughable for me to continue to study luxurious and abstract knowledge when a world of practical utility awaited my laboring hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There’s something strange and laughable about older, unmarried women. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And the very idea of banking on some kind of matching support from the government seemed laughable after their internment experience. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They are clear, straightforward, comprehensible; they contain nothing strange, wild or laughable. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Careful checks of collateral became almost laughable and utterly contrary to the ultracompetitive, machismo attitude that pervaded the banking industry in Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clear that he was getting better and better with each succeeding game, his fumbling, bumbling performance in the season opener a laughable memory. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the harder he tried, the more laughable his efforts turned out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Of this she was sure; she had often seen the dogs, foxes, and children hop and jump after lemmings in this same laughable way. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The very idea of going to them when they awoke, and telling them about his scar hurting him, and about his worries about Voldemort, was laughable. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The negative column filled up fastest with words like stupid, disgraceful, foolish, laughable, wasteful, outraged, idiotic, scandalous, uninformed, half-baked, shamefully. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z If there wasn’t so much riding on it, if hundreds of people didn’t already feel like running to the city council to get an emergency resolution passed legalizing lynching, it would have been laughable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t like the images and didn’t know what these people believed, only that it was laughable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The major pulled his pipe from his mouth and proclaimed the Japanese commander laughable in this regard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s something strange and laughable about older, unmarried women. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mice are nothing but little packages of blood and bones, afraid of everything. They are despicable, laughable, the opposite of everything we strive to be. Do you want to live in their world?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Finally, although he may be laughable—a blinkered pony—the boy will not let his critics forget their own change. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s laughable to think that Nathan—who, from what I can tell, hasn’t gone on a date since eighth grade—would be speaking from experience. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The tiny amount of Martian atmosphere that enters when I use an airlock is laughable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, at first he seemed rather laughable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On General Hospital or Guiding Light a similar story might come off as trite or even laughable. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then he turned to us and declared it was high time for us to go to bed and put the light out on laughable Congolese superstitions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of me scaring my biggest, strongest brother was laughable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z As for sending in a burning arrow, that's more laughable than ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Even if you get laughed at, I happen to know for a fact that you aren’t laughable in general. And I have proof.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Sitting in my office, drying my tears, reflecting on my brokenness, it seemed like a laughable notion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The setups are laughable, the conflicts interior, the relief uncomic, the conclusion foregone. Review: Abzug and Fierstein, on the Same Ticket in ‘Bella Bella’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z A shout-out to production designer Jefferson Sage for making Hank's home so weirdly surreal as to be laughable. 'Sex Tape' lacks appeal, even with Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z And I find the idea that fiction has "meaning" laughable. No Longer Writing, Philip Roth Still Has Plenty to Say 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z He dismisses as “laughable” the idea that he bought the store for Lisa. Barneys Remakes Itself for the New New York 2012-12-13T15:14:47Z If, over the years, the foodie elite found her laughable, they have never been her audience anyway. Sandra Lee makes dinners on TV for people raised on TV dinners 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The idea that A-list Washington would don formal wear on a weeknight — much less stay out until midnight — is laughable. Ballgowns, tuxedos, champagne: The last real ball in Washington is a relic of the past 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z In the television series, partly because of casting, that idea is laughable. The Walking Dead 'Consumed' Recap: Sexual Tension 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The sneering Brit villains are laughable compared with the menace of nationalist terror depicted in the original. 'Ip Man 2': Sequel's martial-arts action beats the storytelling 2011-01-27T22:55:30Z More important, the “Limbaugh is just an entertainer” defense is, ironically, laughable. Rush Limbaugh, Louis CK, and the Somebody-Else-Did-Something-Bad-Once-Too Argument 2012-03-14T14:44:38Z And to cite Frank Ocean in opposition is laughable. Is Chris Brown's rehabilitation now complete? 2012-07-14T23:06:20Z When conservatives show up in contemporary plays, they are usually laughable blowhards, whining billionaires or troglodyte parents whose children scorn them. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s a shared site that even someone with laughable technical skills such as myself can make and update. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z Hunchbacks, dwarves — hunchbacked dwarves — they were laughable, or pitiful, or repulsive as freaks, but in any case, they were other, never quite human. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z It's laughable to accuse someone of "playing the victim card", when coming forward as a victim means public ridicule, humiliation and cruelty. How Vanessa Feltz's bravery exposed our shameful culture of victim-blaming 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But the notion wasn’t so laughable after all. A Onetime BuzzFeed Wunderkind, Now at CNN 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Too much rides on Ray’s charisma, and while Mr. Schreiber has considerable presence, the script pushes it so relentlessly that Ray’s brooding silences become almost laughable. Television Review: ‘Ray Donovan,’ on Showtime, Stars Liev Schreiber as a Fixer 2013-06-27T21:32:46Z So in part, this is a story of a megalomaniac — a self-identified pathological liar — who went to extreme, almost laughable lengths, to keep the spotlight on him. Netflix’s “Confession Killer” un-solves murders in a ruthless true crime story in reverse 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Many artists, intellectuals, leftists and free spirits consider the Legion laughable, an honor bequeathed to anyone close enough to a minister to get nominated. | Much Ado About the Legion of Honor 2013-08-02T15:37:00Z The idea that an artist should have his own “touch” struck him as grandiose and laughable. Magritte, Surrealism and the Pipe That Is Not a Pipe 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “The idea that I’d feel any attachment to a Rolls is laughable,” he says. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Uniquely among those competing at the games, ice skaters have latitude to forgo uniforms for costumes and, as anyone who has seen “I, Tonya” knows, the results can range from laughable to deeply sad. Embracing Fashion, Saggers to Sequins, at the Winter Games 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z You would think that a 15-year-old horror movie that makes a VCR complicit in a series of murders would come across today as a laughable concept. ‘The Ring’ Told Us in 2002 That the Medium Is the Monster 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z It's completely laughable, and makes no sense to do AT ALL. Aniston and Lopez: The Jennifer Syndrome 2010-04-09T17:54:00Z A typically laughable memo begins: “Please disregard the following.” Bel Kaufman dies at 103; author of bestseller ‘Up the Down Staircase’ The idea that Hollywood functions by rewarding excellence is laughable on its face. Hollywood on the Brink 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The narrative of “State of Affairs” is not as outré as the one in “Scandal,” but it’s still preposterous and at times laughable. Katherine Heigl Stars in NBC’s ‘State of Affairs’ 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The chains I tried reminded me of the faux-local décor of Applebee’s almost laughable “There’s No Place Like the Neighborhood” slogan. Frugal Traveler: A Visit to London, With Students as My Guide 2011-03-29T21:57:15Z There are a number of things about this premise that are laughable. Nic Cage's 4th of July classic 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z And taking us there, not by a passage of abstract persuasion, but through the laughable mundanity of things. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z This is a familiar practice, and most other orchestras would call it playing and conducting, however laughable the conducting might often be. Review: Fazil Say, Soloist, Composer and Even Conductor With Orpheus 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z It was all about Argo, a nerve-shredder of a movie with such a ludicrous plot that it would have been laughable if it wasn't true. Baftas: stars dress for show not snow as awards hail director Ben Affleck 2013-02-10T21:57:39Z Unfolding like a medieval horror movie, “Delta” is sometimes laughable but often admirable. Movie Review | 'Delta': Trouble in the Village 2010-03-12T04:48:00Z “In 2016, it was really, really laughable. And I thought, ‘Oh, doesn’t matter.’ ‘Don’t shut up!’ Film spotlights Filipino journalist 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z But what if my 30-year-old self would someday think it was laughable that at this age I felt ready to settle down? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Ready for a long-term bond? The answer is tethered to the unknown. 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z One parent also spoke to CBS with a quote so sexist as to be laughable, and certainly not worth repeating. This puritannical high school yearbook edited yearbook photos, sexualizing girls’ bodies 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Many chronicles have emphasized Prohibition’s vast inadequacies, and in some ways it was laughable. Lisa McGirr Discusses ‘The War on Alcohol’ and the Legacy of Prohibition 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z ‘It was almost laughable how shocking, how critical, how straight-up cruel tabloid journalists were to me.’ Kate Winslet: ‘I’ve been asked so many times about the intimate scenes’ 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z That nobility would live in such a rat trap is laughable. Review: One dull `Don Giovanni' replaces another 2011-10-14T19:06:15Z When he did declare himself, his letters were indeed laughable – the prose stylist turned gusher: "You saucy – wicked – witching – malicious – merciless mischief-loving – torturing – martyrising … mountain nymph that you are." John Ruskin's marriage: what really happened 2013-03-29T16:00:01Z If you don’t get why just the idea of a vow renewal ceremony is laughable, you’re already lost. The Hotwives of Orlando delightfully skewers TV’s most vacuous genre 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z “It is because we are less gifted than Mitchell. The idea that reporters are constantly resisting the temptation to invent is a laughable one.” Review: ‘Man in Profile’ Studies Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It's like I'm 57 and it'll be laughable at 70 when people tell me I was getting old at 57. Kyra Sedgwick knows we're obsessed with her marriage to Kevin Bacon: "I totally feel pressure" 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z So, unknowingly, the inmates have created a strange, sometimes laughable system within an even stranger, more powerful system. God is a verb: “Orange Is the New Black” dares to show faith in a positive light 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z But the idea that these cuts are being made for economic reasons is just laughable. The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z The superintendent of schools for Princeton, New Jersey, was doing something laughable. The Poisonous Reach of the College-Admissions Process 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z There is one surprise that nearly saves a laughable character and some wishful thinking with some super-accommodating Apaches that, even in the service of a cinematic fantasy, rankles. Movie Review: Extraterrestrials Land at the O.K. Corral 2011-07-28T18:58:54Z Michael Bay's "Transformers" movies have the purported psychological effects of 9/11 way down there in their Neanderthal DNA, but to call them a commentary on anything is laughable. Why Hollywood's response to 9/11 involved Harry Potter and Spider-Man 2011-09-09T18:51:00Z Davis’s performance is laughable and almost unforgivable, and the only person capable of dialing it back would have been her director, Eastwood. Absolute Power at 20: what we can learn from a thriller about an evil president 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The baron, who crudely boasts to the Marschallin of amorous adventures with servants, suddenly seems more dangerous, less laughable. Review: Renée Fleming’s Poignant Farewell to ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Of course the very idea of reality show producers and their networks abiding by an ethics code is laughable on its face. Should reality TV adopt a code of ethics? 2011-09-01T17:02:00Z And so “Trespass” becomes a belabored, often laughable melee of sound, fury and unnecessarily frenzied cinematography in which everyone yells, screams and threatens while any sense of dread quickly drains away. | 'Trespass': ?Trespass,? With Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman - Review 2011-10-13T23:47:25Z The notion that his books circulate only in the urban ghetto’s literary underground is laughable. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Their passing and shooting are laughable while their ability to keep the ball from reaching the back of the net is only mariginally better than that of an English goalkeeper. RoboCup Singapore: the fooball tournament for robots 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z A lawyer for two accusers called Cuomo’s response “laughable” and “manipulative.” EXPLAINER: Where does harassment report leave Andrew Cuomo? 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “All these rabid rumors about her and their relationship are laughable and fictional,” she wrote. In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z He finds the concept of money laughable; it is just useless paper. Review: ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ Where Majesty Meets Monstrosity 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z In all of this though, your mission is driven by comedy, and driven by "How do we make this funny? How do we make it laughable?" "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “I find this kind of perversely laughable that we turn to these kinds of figures for this. You can’t get that from being a disciplined violin player or an artist or a writer?” In vaccination battles, pro athletes become proxy players 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But when you see beyond that scenario it is laughable until you start to cry. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s too early to tell, but those sorts of designations are too simplistic on “Watchmen,” where that binary is laughable. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z When he finally came up with a way to extricate himself from his predicament, the scheme was equally laughable and cringe inducing. Review: In ‘Everything’s Fine,’ the Discomfort of Adolescence 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It is almost laughable to watch Julia Roberts wandering around a site full of addicts on a dark winter night searching for her child. “Ben Is Back”: Julia Roberts doesn’t save this uneven addiction drama 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Whichever it is, while inequality is widening, glaciers are still melting and what passes for British debate about it seems laughable. Cancel the Apocalypse by Andrew Simms – review 2013-02-28T11:00:01Z His dumb questions, of course, produced a legendary archive of laughable moments. Perspective | Larry King’s long run made the case that there’s no such thing as a dumb question 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Simpson is also the protagonist or antihero of an operatic tragedy too implausible for fiction; if Don DeLillo or Theodore Dreiser had invented his story it would seem laughable. O.J. Simpson, American icon: Why the football star turned accused killer is one of the 20th century’s most important cultural figures 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z To me it’s prolonging the idea that it’s laughable to be trans. Civilities: Is it offensive to wear the ‘Call Me Caitlyn’ Halloween costume? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Melissa McCarthy’s character goes after men with delightful boldness but this, according to the movie, is laughable, because her character is derided for being weird. Let’s have more sex in the movies – but please can it be the fun type? 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z It would be laughable if it weren't so dispiriting for all those who work in the arts, and the millions – of which I am one – who regularly enjoy them. I argued for the arts – and won. We will keep the philistines from the gates 2013-06-20T19:03:00Z Many romance-inclined shows suffer from an inability to create new love interests — either the initial pairing burns too brightly, or the new candidates are laughable nobodies. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Against the smartest shows on TV, this observation is laughable, but “Loki” doesn’t need to compete with, say, “Drops of God.” "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z That laughable police department that distinguishes a black life from a white one. Looking back on New Labour: Peter Akinti 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Many Wagner devotees actually enjoy a good “Ring” satire, perhaps because we admit that, however compelling, its giants, river maidens and dwarfs are a little laughable. Review: ‘Das Barbecü’ Is Wagner’s ‘Ring’ With a Side of Brisket 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s a very hard part to play; to play a drunk without looking laughable or ridiculous is actually not easy at all, and she completely got the sadness of it, so I was really impressed. Paula Hawkins on 'Into the Water,' her follow up to 'The Girl on the Train' 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “Arguing from the left against using coded language, against snark and sarcasm, against verbal abuse, and against discourse control, is a laughable demonstration of lack of self-awareness,” commented one reader. Perspective | The left should stop calling people ‘racist’ or ‘homophobic’ as a knee-jerk response 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, a lot of people think women aren’t aggressive. There are women who rock — and rock hard — but it’s still like, ‘It’s a girl, it’s laughable.’ Rock’s saviors? Ladies of Plush rock harder than most anyone 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z It would be laughable if it weren't so dispiriting for all those who work in the arts, and the millions who enjoy them. Claims of arts crisis 'almost laughable', says Maria Miller 2013-06-20T22:20:27Z In a setting that memorialized those who made such tremendous sacrifices, wearing a mask is almost a laughable gesture. Perspective | Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It’s valuable to remember this history, and the anxieties that Stewart’s and Colbert’s transitions caused, because it’s almost laughable that we fretted back then, given the prominent role political comedy plays today. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The show’s first season, based on Tom Perrotta’s eponymous novel, was both dismal and laughable. “The OA” Season two is coming, and it could be great 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s a deadly serious drama, but some of the early scenes are so overwrought that they are almost laughable. Television Review: Killers Who Just Won’t Lighten Up 2013-08-08T22:34:06Z When “The Young Pope” is bad, it’s epically so — laughable, with histrionics and mustache-twirling and bombastic set pieces. Review: ‘The Young Pope’ Is Beautiful and Ridiculous 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z And people think that the idea of "marital coercion" is laughable? Vicky Pryce is not the villain of this piece 2013-03-10T00:06:19Z All are old-fashioned, certainly, but Miranda includes a knowing wink to the camera and at least does slapstick properly. was laughable, but not in a good way. Do comedians lose their edge as they get older? 2013-04-27T16:59:01Z “I thought people would see it as laughable rubbish right away and from day one I never really took it seriously,” says Allen. 'Do I really care?' Woody Allen comes out fighting 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z He showed it to his wife, who confirmed his fears, calling the dialogue “laughable.” For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z This curious aesthetic emphasis sounds laughable today, but Belasco’s appreciation of the emotional effects of lighting in his productions lives on in the attention he brought to the lighting of the theater. A Temple of Drama, Burnished 2010-08-28T02:45:00Z Walker was sacked three months after her email was deemed to have caused "disharmony in the workplace", which would have been laughable had it not caused her so much distress. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z It’s true — every new medium seems laughable when it first comes out. Sidewire: The chatter site for political junkies who haven’t already maxed out 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z De Botton claims in Consolations that it is possible to “take on a task at once both profound and laughable: to become wise through philosophy.” Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z Harris, who denied all the charges and said the allegations against him were "laughable", will be sentenced on Friday. Australia strips Rolf Harris of honors after sex crime convictions 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Drawn like a clown, he should be laughable, but Ware homes in on his secret hurt and dreams deferred. It All Started in Omaha 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The great wigs are barely detectable; the not-great ones distracting or, worse, laughable. Finding the Right Wig for the Role on Screen 2012-03-25T02:29:02Z Not to mention, it’s a laughable barrier to infidelity; every day brings opportunities to stray, whether by chance, familiarity or intent, among friends, in the community or at work. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The ‘Billy Graham rule’ serves only to impede careers, not cheating 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z As he becomes increasingly flustered and angry, it's clear that his naive belief in hard work and honesty is simply laughable to this pair. Review: Mike Bartlett waves red flag with 'Bull' 2013-05-03T01:53:08Z And the final form of the menacing sea creature is in its way as laughable as the carpet monster in the 1964 cinematic mishap “The Creeping Terror.” ‘Underwater’ Review: Wobbly Sea Legs 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z CJ even established the laughable code word "pterodactyl" as a cry for immediate help from her two dating colleagues. How does a show called “FBoy Island” get made? The show's creator spills the tea 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z I agree with the second part, but the first is laughable. "American Idol" embarrasses the greats 2011-03-10T14:30:00Z The idea that America took a man who pretended to be a success on television, and then put him right in the White House is laughable on its face. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Because if you actually look past the surface, even by a millimeter, to the policy level, this notion that Trump is somehow more hateful than his competitors Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio simply becomes laughable. Rubio and Cruz are the real monsters: Liberals should be rooting for Trump — and he’ll be easier to beat come November 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z At this show the young performers will consider all that’s laughable about the holidays, whether it’s the horrible sweater from Grandma or the carolers who won’t stay on key. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 14-20 2012-12-13T23:06:51Z An eavesdropping inmate finds the declaration appropriately laughable. ‘Orange Is the New Black’ returns, darker and more relevant than ever 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Her refrain that Planned Parenthood is apolitical will strike some as laughable. Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Such talk would have been laughable in the days when the US capital was dominated by one trade – politics – plagued by crime, and bitterly divided by class and race. Michelin strong: with coveted food guide, did DC finally reach cultural relevance? 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Finding this soapy New Age slop therapeutic, while simultaneously reserving the right to disown it as laughable kitsch, feels like classic millennial bet-hedging. Review | What is the strange allure of Bob Ross? I painted my way to an answer, sort of. 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “The government’s attempts to show that Manning’s leaks aided Al Qaeda were almost laughable,” he wrote. By freeing Chelsea Manning, Obama saved her life. Many other trans prisoners won’t be so lucky 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z While it sounds as laughable as the couple’s high-seas disaster, and was critically drubbed when first released, “The Long Kiss Goodnight” has since earned its place as a cult favorite. “Chefs do that”: The underappreciated holiday joy of “The Long Kiss Goodnight” 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s Joan who puts her perfectly manicured finger on these clashing perspectives when Herb makes a laughable attempt to be seductive, calling her Helen of Troy to his sultan of Araby. “Mad Men”: Joan did the right thing 2012-05-29T22:12:00Z She chuckled and issued a directive at any of her more laughable antagonists. Mary Beard and Her ‘Battle Cry’ Against Internet Trolling 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Now Rocky really is a bum again, and the laughable determination to keep going again means something. A Unified Theory of the “Rocky” Movies 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z One only has to look — hard as that may be — at a laughable, ersatz recreation of Monroe's classic musical number from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" to get a whiff of how bad this stinker is. "Blonde": Marilyn Monroe and viewers deserve better than this unsubtle mess of sex and suffering 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z “And then I kind of took that and tried to create a comedic twist on it, so that it was just laughable.” | Below the Line: Dressing the ?Bridesmaids? 2012-01-25T18:21:49Z When it’s not, it’s laughable: In a postcoital bubble bath à deux, Taylor purrs, “Who knew Italy could be so hot?” Television Review: ‘Liz & Dick,’ Starring Lindsay Lohan, on Lifetime 2012-11-23T21:58:09Z And when they put my family and my friends in harm’s way, they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence. George Clooney slams the "Daily Mail" in op-ed 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Maria Miller, culture secretary, says that suggestions the arts are in crisis are almost laughable. Poll: should councils cut arts funding? 2013-06-21T14:45:36Z That may sound laughable, but think about it: Adults who hit and kicked and spat and bit and screamed and raged the way 2-year-olds do would be considered sociopaths. How can I get my 2-year-old to stop hitting? 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Lucca is forced to become a spokeswoman for black people everywhere after she’s asked a series of laughable and demeaning questions. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: The Head and the Heart 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Even so, a source described as close to the situation dubbed the notion of the picture as proof of a romance "laughable," the website said. Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx dating? Stop us if this rumor sounds familiar 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The books hardly sympathize with Dylan, painting her negative self-image as a laughable side effect of her wealth instead of treating it with horror or gravity. How the Clique Books Taught Me to Hate Other Girls and Myself 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Robinson’s substitute-teacher character instantly bonds with the students, a notion that will be laughable to most real substitute teachers in the audience. Review: ‘Mr. Robinson,’ a Classroom Comedy on NBC 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In Gramercy Tavern’s last review in The Times, nine years ago, Frank Bruni wrote about “forgettable” meals at the end of Mr. Colicchio’s tenure and a “clumsy, laughable one” at the start of Mr. Anthony’s. Gramercy Tavern: A Classic Still on the Move 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z One item in its favor, though, is the laughable dialogue. The wheels come on in the television take of “Training Day” 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Now the City of New York then coughs up another 20 plus million is laughable. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Unfolding with a minimum of dialogue, Francisca’s maturation from watcher to doer would be laughable if performed with less nuance or photographed with less originality. Review: A Woman’s Horrific Unraveling in ‘The Eyes of My Mother’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z When I started debating at the Cambridge Union, nobody ever thought I would get anywhere because my accent was so laughable. Arianna Huffington: ‘The work culture in Silicon Valley needs to change’ 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The idea that anyone should be ashamed of writing a song as brilliant as that may be the only truly laughable thing about Saturday Night Fever. My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z Hearing the competitors talk about their product-hawking efforts in heroic terms is either infuriating or laughable, depending on your frame of mind. Television Review: ?The Pitch,? A New Reality Show on AMC 2012-04-06T23:32:51Z Much of The Scheme plays as a laughable farce – the hapless FBI investigation stages one meeting on a yacht with popped bottles of champagne, another in an extravagant Vegas casino suite. The Scheme: the crazy untold story of bribery, business and basketball 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z That prediction of mine ended up being way off, and laughable, but Cobain’s crazy sarcastic eyebrow response sticks with me. That magic moment 30 years ago when Nirvana and ‘Nevermind’ forever changed Seattle 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Out of context, the brochure is laughable, but the concept of a parent having to rely on a brochure to explain death, and what happens to dead bodies, is less so. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z She had strong opinions and was as likely to form her views from the most laughable self-help books as from great literature. Louise Bourgeois: a web of emotions 2010-06-01T20:30:00Z Inspired by street lingo -- “thirsty,” for the unaware, is someone who is eager, verging on desperate -- it seems laughable that Carey opted to pen such a gimmicky tune. Mariah Carey sounds 'Thirsty' for a hit 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z That sounds a little high concept, which is laughable if you spend even a few moments with the music, a staunchly unvarnished, plainly conservative exemplar of three-chord rock ’n’ roll. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z The idea of a happy ending — or, for that matter, a tragic ending, or an ending of any kind — is downright laughable. ‘Tel Aviv on Fire’ Review: Mideast Conflict as Soap Opera and Farce 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “Full Service” drops many names, often with the laughable faux naïveté that ghostwriting provides. Books of The Times: Anne Sebba on Duchess of Windsor, Scotty Bowers on Himself 2012-02-05T22:22:14Z Whichever singer the contestant picks reveals their vocal abilities in a duet performance with the episode’s special musical guest, which could result in either an epic collaboration or a laughable catastrophe. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Promised Land’ and a Janet Jackson Special 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Tang also owns a restaurant in Philadelphia, where “it’s almost laughable how much more lax it is,” he said. The Life of a Restaurant Inspector: Rising Grades, Fainting Owners 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z It sounds almost laughable next to other basic human rights, until you consider the fact that the federal government already regulates the amount of space animals get in the cargo hold. Airplanes’ space wars are shifting to the human rights front 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z There are shaky, even laughable moments, as Lennon flubs the words on “Don’t Let Me Down,” or Ringo yells “Hold it!” just as the other three launch into the opening riff of “Dig a Pony.” Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z I concede that Conservative policies are laughable and incoherent, but even knowing that doesn't seem to dent many peoples' resolve to vote for them. Hare v Kinnock 2010-04-12T19:00:00Z That statement might be laughable to anyone who experienced his 2019 output, which includes both his visually stupefying turn as the genie in the live-action version of "Aladdin" and "Gemini Man." Will Smith perfected blockbuster success, but his Oscar-worthiness is tougher – slap or no slap 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But at the same time, my costume showed how laughable it was that Barbie ever represented beauty and the ideal of femininity in the first place. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z In some ways, trotting out laughable stereotypes of a modern Black family and its white appendages seems almost daring on Broadway today. Review: In ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z This breathlessly melodramatic thriller shouldn’t be taken as a psychological case study, any more than Mr. Shyamalan’s laughable “Lady in the Water” should be mined for clues about the habits of film critics. Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Has Personality. O.K., Personalities. Lots. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z His tragic lack of awareness is laughable, and the audience is supposed to revel in his buffoonery. Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z To natives of the south, this refusal to acknowledge what are in many cases profoundly different regional dialects can be pretty grating/laughable/offensive. Gambit gabble: what actors' accents lack 2012-11-26T16:46:43Z "For Mitt Romney to attack me for not being conservative is laughable," he said. Romney and Santorum get down to business in Michigan 2012-02-25T06:00:00Z And some of his defenses are just laughable — for instance, arguing that “there’s never been any evidence that the country is tired of the Clintons,” as if weariness needed data. David Brock’s ‘Killing the Messenger’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z And this delirium, I think, is likeable, as well as laughable. Paris, home of the avant-garde 2011-03-26T00:05:47Z Yes, it’s laughable, maybe even terrible, but this only serves to make it more unique. 'Trump made me do it': director Nicolas Winding Refn on how the American apocalypse is fuelling 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Boll handles this unfamiliar vampire- and scandal-free territory with remarkable restraint and clearly shows that he commands most of his craft, the notable exception being another staple of many of his films: laughable bad acting. "Max Schmeling" falls far short of a knockout 2010-10-12T01:49:00Z The idea of a rock band being truly upsetting in 2014 is laughable in itself, so fans of heavy, brutal music might as well laugh along with them. Babymetal shreds heavy-metal's seriousness at the Fonda 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z With the story, he added, “they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence.” In London, a play satirizing British tabloids can make you feel George Clooney’s pain While England slumps ever further into ignoble disarray, Amis’s book may help maintain in me, for a little while longer, our laughable yet indelible sense of British superiority. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Ari is a lout for constantly insulting Lloyd, and we're supposed to see him as a lout, but the way the show depicts Lloyd, he is laughable. "Entourage" recap: 8x2 2011-08-01T06:01:00Z But turning these issues into a movement is laughable. The Toxic Appeal of the Men's Rights Movement 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Good intentions to tackle Tolstoy were, I decided, laughable on this train. On board the Trans-Siberian Railway for a centenary ride 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Stan was a boozy layabout slob, she his common wife with laughable pretensions. Jean Alexander obituary 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z For someone like Cicero, Beard’s pick for “the funniest man in the Roman world,” the dicta ridicula or “laughable sayings” with which he salted his speeches became “commodities of a sort.” Book World: Mary Beard’s “Laughter in Ancient Rome” reveals history of humor They struggled during the Trump administration, when everything became a test of loyalty and the notion that good people could disagree without being disagreeable was laughable. Washington’s establishment hopes a Biden presidency will make schmoozing great again 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The seemingly unfunny bits of dialogue that triggered most bouts of laughter might still be benign violations, says Pete—just violations that are so benign they’re only laughable when you’re right there, in the moment. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z No evidence backs up a single claim AiG uses against Tyson, just the feeling that its “scientists” are angry that once again millions of viewers are shown just how laughable the creationist beliefs are. Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode 2014-04-25T11:50:00Z “It all seems laughable now, but at the time it wasn’t,” he said. Richie Rich, the ’90s Club Kid, Goes Virtual for Beauty 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn’t play a part,” he says. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It was, as always, a year of memorable moments — some awe-inspiring, some laughable, some just head-shaking. The 75 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2011 2011-12-28T22:57:17Z It happened at a rate that was at first laughable and then irritating — memo to the academy: Black people are not the only ones who liked "Selma"; they like other films too. Academy Awards telecast is all too predictable 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The thought of skipping a day due to illness or injury was almost laughable. Exercising my demons 2012-10-14T13:00:00Z Finally, the notion that manipulating cheap wine to mimic high-end bottles benefits consumers is laughable. Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It's spin and nothing more, and the badge is laughable. TripAdvisor Icon Will Identify Hotels Where Sexual Assault Occurred 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z They have successfully tied extermination of non-white peoples to laughable relief and white racial superiority to the natural order of things. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Henry leaves evidence lying around with laughable carelessness; Meera roots around his office as he’s right about to walk in the door. ‘Intrusion’ Review: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The premise might be laughable, but silly narrative ideas didn’t get in the way of a good time in the first film. ‘The Wandering Earth II’ Review: It Wanders Too Far 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Through interviews with her parents, art critics and historians, Ms. Skyler offers a personal, and laughable, take on a global phenomenon. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Vera’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The broadcast was delayed, but when the show did run, some critics found it more laughable than dangerous. 2010-01-09T06:06:00Z “A violin concerto,” he said—which didn’t seem particularly laughable—and then, after a pause: “And the soundtrack to Fifty Shades Darker.” Danny Elfman on How 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Endured 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “They said that I was only covered for a ludicrously few extreme circumstances. The most laughable one was if the airline canceled my flight,” she says. Perspective | Warning! Travel insurance doesn’t cover this 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Witness the Tankards’ mocking of their hero’s self-puffery, as if he were aspiring to be an action hero, with laughable results. Bone Up on Shakespeare, With a Skeleton and His Ankle-Nibbling Nemesis 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z The prospect of watching The Godfather trilogy again and making any headway with the pile of books on my bedside table was exposed as a laughable fantasy. Lockdown has been a bumpy ride towards rediscovering the joy of our marriage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z And while there are moments that are downright laughable, “Scandal” has flair and even sophistication. | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z "It was laughable, you know? Like, 'Look at this. What a joke this is,'" Cody continued. The 7 most heinous "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z So, instead, I will just start by throwing out some permissible insults: artificial, clichéd, mawkish, preposterous, incompetent, sexist, laughable, insulting. Review: Lots of Plastic in the Face of ‘Collateral Beauty’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Why would you spend days constructing a laughable structure that can’t even keep out the rain? So you're lost in the wilderness – these tips could save your life 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z I would accept this if, in comparison to every other aspect of the bike, the male-anatomy-specific-saddle hadn’t received such a lack of research and design development as to be laughable. ‘I had a huge swelling’: why my life as a female cyclist led to vulva surgery 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z That the wedding will take place at midnight — after the cocktails, dinner and dancing — is a laughable device justified lamely and late in the play. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Our ideas about programming music, in concerts and on recordings, would have seemed strange if not laughable to 19th-century pianists. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z True, the second half is almost completely unnecessary, the English accents are laughable and the footwear puns are relentless. Review: Sweet 'Kinky Boots' an ode to love, shoes 2013-04-04T23:30:12Z The Bakkers were many things to many people: appalling, inspiring, laughable, sad. ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Review: Fall From Grace 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “It was laughable that a lot of conservatives in America were like, ‘Well, Trump made peace in the Middle East,’” he said. Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The topical grimness is piled so high it's almost laughable, but it's strikingly shot, and Bardem carries his burden with dignity. This week's new films 2011-01-29T00:06:01Z It is impossible to imagine a better illustration of how common white beliefs about their own intellectual, emotional and moral superiority are laughable. “You can’t coddle white brothers and sisters”: The fiery racial gospel of Michael Eric Dyson 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z We had only a baby in a stroller; the idea of him sitting in a chair was abstract, almost laughable. The Three Chairs That Define Childhood 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z And to offer themselves as these neutral authorities is just laughable. Porn wars: the debate that's dividing academia 2013-06-15T23:05:31Z The Buchwald column was influential, he said, because it reinforced what many white male editors at the time thought: “They considered the idea that middle-class white women were oppressed in any way to be laughable.” Perspective | Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women. They shaped a misogynistic culture. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z As much as I would like to ignore his laughable comments I know the impact that comments like this from a person like Wenner with wealth and influence. The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z But Mr. Kitamura, an action enthusiast who prefers to show rather than tell, seems unaware that the film’s dialogue is laughable, its characters unfathomable and the acting often less than optimal. Movie Review: ‘No One Lives,’ by Ryuhei Kitamura 2013-05-10T02:17:26Z “When compared to those kind of stakes, the fear of simply being embarrassed is laughable.” How do we conquer Covid-19 fears now we can go out again? 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s awkward, wrong and painfully laughable in equal measures. Motherlode Blog: Dear Best Buy, Don't Mock Santa 2011-12-05T17:00:08Z To many, the latter concept is laughable when applied to another predictable 2017 Rock Hall inductee: Journey. Angry that Journey’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Don’t be 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z I find the second form of complacency laughable. Damien Hirst's new statue is a dangerous monstrosity 2012-10-11T14:23:22Z Some of those twists are close to laughable. Movie Review: ‘Rushlights’ Involves a Spiraling Identity Scam 2013-06-20T22:38:16Z Or it may be their wish to imply that they’re still so young and hip that it is laughable for them to be, say, ironing the serviettes before a dinner party. Here Is What 'Adulting' Means 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z He said this explained why “movies dealing with that story are seen as Academy Awards contenders, while ones dealing with biblical stories are laughable.” Torbjorn Rodland’s Puzzling Photos Are Unsettling and Arousing 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Special agent Doug Matthews, who is still very much the secret sauce of the series, finds this assertion laughable. HBO's true crime series finale reveals the FBI informant in a real-life twist that is truly stranger 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z It is as laughable as the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. The Wombles at 40 – why we need them more than ever 2013-02-05T18:08:18Z In the UK it's laughable – you are a freak or a radical. British artists flock to set up home in liberating Berlin 2011-03-16T23:30:01Z The action scenes are staggeringly poor and the script laughable. Horror film Birdemic earns cult status for bad acting and worse special effects 2010-04-07T15:14:00Z I don't say that just because he's the director of the execrable Moulin Rouge and laughable Australia. May's reading group: The Great Gatsby 2013-04-29T13:15:10Z Yet the drawing’s waves of sketchy minions are laughable, executed like a throwaway gag. Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z "We were kind of crossing without a net with the possibility to fail absolutely and miserably and be laughable." Keaton on form in Venice festival opener 'Birdman' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z He wants to fill it with lots of other, much more laughable new-money specimens, and to drop the brand names of everything they wear, eat, envy or acquire. Review: Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z That includes an extra-marital affair so torrid it is actually laughable. Television Review: ?Boss,? With Kelsey Grammer on Starz - Review 2011-10-20T20:03:50Z In the 1970s, an IRA man knew it was his duty to attack the British with every violent means, but in 2012, with Martin McGuinness shaking hands with the Queen, the idea is laughable. Shadow Dancer – review 2012-08-23T14:29:01Z Yes, I am still a wannabe, one of the masses of laughable dreamers keeping the coffee shops full, the film schools in business, and the gurus in ever-higher demand. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z What'll really have you shouting at your TV screen, though, is Food Factory's laughable aversion to brand names. TV OD with Daniel Maier: Food Factory 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z In the old top-down model of fame that incubated him, that would have been a laughable proposition, or at minimum, an unbankable one. Can Justin Bieber Hide in Plain Sight? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z When a laughable reality television star assumes our highest public office, it’s safe to say that what used to be extreme has become frighteningly status quo. Lessons of "Generation Wealth": In an age of excess, women lose 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Are there any laughable Best New Artist nominations? Everything You Need to Know About the 2015 Grammys 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z For a Sinn Fein representative to ask why that party would be linked to the IRA is utterly laughable. BBC apologises over 'SF/IRA' label 2013-05-24T13:00:02Z The idea that a tiny old woman, bedecked in a straw hat and pearls, might win such a fight was laughable. At the March for Our Lives, you’ll see her name again. But who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z To someone who owns acres of orchards or a honey operation, this might seem laughable. House Tour: Roxbury, N.Y. 2011-01-13T22:23:18Z Money, beyond necessity, was of no interest and fame was so distant a possibility as to be laughable. Sigourney Weaver: 'I’m asked to play awful people all the time' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z At this show, the young performers will consider all that’s laughable about the holidays, whether it’s the horrible sweater from Grandma or the carolers who won’t stay on key. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-12T23:34:34Z But now, a year later, it’s starting to look like those who stand up for science and women’s health care access were not conquered so easily with a few laughable lies. Anatomy of a right-wing hoax: A year later, the Planned Parenthood videos are still backfiring on the scammers 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Because of the perceived futility of the culture war the right is waging, it's perhaps easy to dismiss Kid Rock's video as laughable. "The groomer of beers": Conservatives vow to boycott Bud Light over partnership with trans activist 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Reed's initial comments were vile, and his attempts to spin them as concern for the obese is laughable, but his wriggling does inadvertently shed light on a thorny matter. Is obesity a laughing matter? 2013-06-28T13:00:00Z “To think that Woody was in any way a father or stepfather to me is laughable,” she continued. A history of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn describing their relationship, from “the heart wants what it wants” to “I was paternal” 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z "And then at that point it is almost laughable." Guitarist Slash finally goes solo for new album 2010-04-06T23:44:00Z Fans surely weren't as concerned with these questions back in 2005, when Congress held hearings about baseball's laughable policing of steroid use. Barry Bonds Trial: Why the Government Should Get Over It 2011-03-25T09:50:00Z He continued to take lovers, and he sometimes gave her laughable excuses for them. Books of The Times: Norris Church Mailer?s New Memoir, ?Ticket to the Circus? 2010-04-06T23:29:00Z “Junior” is built on a sight gag: pregnancy as a laughable twist to Schwarzenegger’s herculean form. Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Isbell thought the recent insult from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that he’s part of the “unhinged left,” for playing a fundraiser for Democratic Tennessee senate candidate Phil Bredesen, was laughable. Jason Isbell’s interview with “Pod Save America”: 6 things we learned 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z It could be a savvy move by the once laughable car company that now has the world's leading automakers looking over their shoulders. Hyundai Rolls Its Own 2011-02-23T23:00:00Z Here, the real gangsters, long absconded, are the corporation Texaco, whose laughable "clean up" operation has left oil seeping into the water table, endangering the health and survival of local people and wildlife alike. Great Ormond Street 2010-04-19T23:05:00Z “And I also like their laughable characteristics as well, they’re so funny.” Cuteness overload: Corgis are king at this 'pawsome' cafe 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The final moments of the sixth season finale of The Walking Dead were laughable for a number of reasons. The Walking Dead finale: was the season six ending a bait and switch too far? 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z This documentary series, beginning Monday on Showtime, isn’t a joke, though some may find it laughable. Television Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold’ American History, on Showtime 2012-11-11T22:45:38Z Widmerpool, back in volume one a faintly laughable, essentially friendless schoolboy famous only for his funny overcoat, is now Major Widmerpool. The literary (anti)heroes of middle age 2010-09-01T09:33:00Z She was laughable, she was strong, she was powerful, she was vulnerable, and she was deeply in denial about certain painful truths in her life. Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z As he puts it, “The idea that couples with scant, if any, formal training could even contemplate becoming chefs and restaurateurs in Manhattan would be laughable today.” How American Chefs in the 1970s and ’80s Created a Revolution 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z “They made it easier, probably, to fight, because a laughable enemy is not a scary one.” The Devastating Resonances of Yiddish Songs Recovered from the Second World War 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Racial sensitivities aside, this Exodus is a stolid mess, bleakly laughable without being an entertaining hoot like De Mille’s camp classic. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Fully amplified and laughable in its professionalism, the number instantly establishes that we have no need to fret about Ali's future. Burlesque Review: Dances with Divas 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z “I am offended and find it laughable that at the 11th hour I am receiving a note through my website from an attorney asking to speak to me,” she told Salon on Thursday evening. #MeToo and the B-list: "Nobody cares because their assailants were not famous" 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z "All public appearance business dried up overnight," said Florence, who also was taking heat for a lucrative - and to critics, laughable - 2006 consulting gig with Applebee's. Tyler Florence: No more taking success for granted 2012-12-07T17:24:09Z The riffs are laughable, and I don't mean that as praise. 'Horrible Bosses 2' has horribly funny moments, but too few 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The new documentary “Riotsville, USA.,” shows the federal government’s response to this tactic as both sinister and, in some sense, laughable. ‘Riotsville, USA’ Review: A Fake Town to Explore Ongoing Unrest 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z But of course you’re right – the very notion that what we hear from the stage is a debate is largely laughable. “Rubio deserved what he got”: New Hampshire’s gotcha moments, media spats and why the GOP “is built on mendacity” 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z That thought seems laughable, given the tenor of the current presidential campaign and the quality of the contenders for the White House. Ronald Reagan’s hollow sales pitch: In “Fargo’s” fading American dream, 1979 feels more relevant than ever 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The laughable setup becomes progressively worse the more the movie tries to spin their metamorphosis as female empowerment, a road to liberation that’s blithely paved with wads of cash, hollow laughs and corpses. Review ‘The Kitchen’: Three Caged Birds Go Wildly, Witlessly Free 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Some may argue against the “Veep” victory being political even though it features the laughable post-White House life of the country’s first female president. "The Handmaid's Tale," "Veep" take top prizes at the 2017 Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z But it won’t happen because the idea of calling a mutual friend to vent after I have had an argument with a guy is laughable. Cultural Studies: Can’t Guys Just Learn to Fight for a Friendship? 2012-10-28T01:00:16Z And although this now seems laughable, it is perhaps useful to recall the fine line between ignorance and innocence. Celibacy in an intensively sexualised world is a curious anomaly 2013-03-04T08:00:19Z It is laughable, from a certain angle, how little reason governs the way we eat. The Wastefulness of Modern Dining, as Performance Art 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Senior Labour MP Pat McFadden said Lord Cameron's appointment "puts to bed the prime minister's laughable claim to offer change from 13 years of Tory failure". David Cameron vows to support Rishi Sunak after surprise cabinet comeback 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z “This puts to bed the prime minister’s laughable claim to offer change from 13 years of Tory failure.” Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shock return to U.K. government as foreign secretary 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z "This puts to bed the prime minister's laughable claim to offer change from 13 years of Tory failure." UK's Sunak brings back Cameron, sacks Braverman in new reset 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Splashes of rain making the ink run was an occupational hazard that is retrospectively laughable. Behind the ‘sacred item’ Larry Stone is carrying until his last day on the job 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z “This tough guy routine from DeSantis is laughable, because the only thing tough about him is his ability to consistently embarrass himself every single day on the campaign trail in his high heels.” DeSantis says Trump is lacking ‘pizazz,’ not the same candidate he once was 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The idea that this technical “compliance” with law would somehow render these slates legal would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. Opinion: Crooked lawyers were crucial to Trump's Jan. 6 plot. We clearly need to reform the profession 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr Farage said the report was a "whitewash", calling some findings "laughable". NatWest admits serious failings over how it treated Nigel Farage 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z His efforts to feign Christian belief are laughable, and there are endless stories of how he makes fun of people who actually believe that Jesus stuff. Jim Jordan: MAGA's version of Jesus 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z That Cedillo, De León and Martinez claim they’re victims of a witch hunt fueled by people who don’t understand the nuances of Spanish is not only weak salsa posturing, it’s self-hatred at its most laughable. Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “This tough guy routine from DeSantis is laughable, because the only thing tough about him is is ability to embarrass himself every single day on the campaign trail.” DeSantis sharpens attacks on Trump in their shared home state of Florida 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The claim was laughable and demonstrably false — a rump group of House Republicans was wholly responsible for the threatened closure. Column: McCarthy's fall was sudden, but a long time coming 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z "And it's laughable that he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy," she continued. Russell Brand behaviour was an open secret, says one accuser 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z This notion that Angelos was going to oversee the development of the property around Camden Yards with $300 million from the state of Maryland as part of a new lease agreement was laughable. LOVERRO: Rivera needs to get this quarterback call right for a change 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But the lawyer, John Lauro, refused to budge from Trump’s laughable demand that the trial be postponed until April 2026, claiming the defense needs 2½ years to prepare the former president’s case. Column: Trump says he's a victim of politically driven prosecutors. Most voters aren’t buying it 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z But the laughable malapropisms provided by artificial intelligence became more serious matters when I saw several dozen words forming badly mangled phrases — all attributed to me — inside quotation marks. Artificial stupidity and me: If AI can do this to my book, what will it do in an actual war? 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z "Trump's laughable 2026 trial date proposal will lose Judge Chutkan's trust for his lawyers faster than a bullet fired at someone standing in the middle of Fifth Avenue," they continued. Legal experts warn Trump’s “ludicrous” proposed 2026 trial date request could blow up in his face 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Speaking for the first time since accusations became public, she said his denial is "laughable" and "insulting". Russell Brand behaviour was an open secret, says one accuser 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z They also said international reaction to the sentence earlier this week was laughable. Iran directors ridicule suspended jail sentence of filmmaker, producer 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z It's a fact that, given the context of this history-making weekend, is almost laughable. How England became good at women’s football 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z While there is still irrational banter about making a playoff run, it seems downright laughable at this point. The Yankees are in last place with a losing record. What is the world coming to? 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z He called the Eritrean information minister’s comments “usual and laughable.” Eritrea’s repressive government criticizes exiles who attack overseas festivals as ‘asylum scum’ 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z He called the Eritrean foreign minister’s comments “usual and laughable.” Eritrean festivals have been attacked in Europe, North America. The government blames ‘asylum scum’ 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z She also said international filmmakers' reaction was laughable as they had fallen into what she called the authorities' trap in giving the sentence too much importance. Iran directors ridicule suspended jail sentence of filmmaker, producer 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z “This agenda would be laughable if the consequences of it weren’t so dire,” said Christy Goldfuss, chief policy impact officer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. A Republican 2024 climate strategy: more drilling, less clean energy 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Trump lawyer Alina Habba told Fox News that Trump "is the most ethical American I know," a claim so laughable that the only purpose of it must be to get "gawk at this weirdo" headlines. Trump's "defense" strategy: Flooding the zone with sh*t 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The other charges, for mishandling documents and an improperly recorded business expense, were laughable and an undeniable abuse of prosecutorial power. Voter panel: 'Indictment is pulling us apart' 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “That they should be allowed to lecture us about democracy and freedom of expression is, to say the least, strange and downright laughable.” What’s Happening With the Quran Burnings in Sweden 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z But environmental lawyer, Tessa Khan, of the pressure group Uplift, says using renewables to perpetuate the burning of fossil fuels "would be laughable if it wasn't so serious". Should the Rosebank oilfield get the go ahead? 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z “Laudable on its face, laughable in full context of the work we have been doing for three years without the league’s support,” it states. Hockey Diversity Alliance feels betrayed, says NHL ‘late to party’ in launching inclusion coalition 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z This is not just a shaky assumption, but a laughable one. Chris Christie's MAGA wake-up call 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The idea that the justices can be trusted to police themselves, as all nine declared recently in a joint statement on ethics, is laughable. Opinion: Please don't offer to fly me to Alaska in exchange for coverage you like 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z This claim of a two-tiered system, coming from the GOP, is not only laughable but about as disingenuous as claiming that Kevin McCarthy is a capable public speaker. Hunter Biden and Donald Trump: Not remotely equivalent — but still a problem for Joe Biden 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z If it weren't so dangerous, it would be laughable to hear House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defend Trump's placement of classified documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom by saying, "A bathroom door locks." "This was his campaign plan": Trump has flipped the stolen documents case into "a farce" 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Sitting eight games back of the third wild card spot, the idea of making the postseason seemed laughable. Mariners hit rock bottom at this time last season before getting hot. What does rest of 2023 have in store? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Aguliar said the backtrack would be “laughable, if it wasn’t so dangerous” because it heightens the risk of a government shutdown. Top House Democrat accuses McCarthy of ‘walking away’ from debt limit deal 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z We remember laughable scenarios that were, at best, out of touch with how real people behave, or showed only the most extreme examples of harassment. Sexual Harassment Still Pervades Science 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine anyone sympathizing with the husband, whose prissiness and lack of self-awareness are both laughable and depressing to think about. Things fall apart between a married couple and a best friend in ‘The Three of Us’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Aguilar, in response to Mr. Comer’s announcement, said, “Most of what comes up in a Republican-led Oversight Committee falls under one or two categories: dangerous or laughable.” Democrats warn McCarthy about conservatives leveraging appropriations bills 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump will unleash hell on him and take every opportunity to ridicule him as he did during the laughable and embarrassing DeSantis Twitter fiasco last week. Who Ron DeSantis should fear — and why it isn't Donald Trump 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “Sometimes it’s laughable. They’re floors, people. It’s not life or death,” she said. Behind the gray flooring trend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z "It would be laughable if it were not so tragic," Miller said. Small, rural communities have become abortion access battlegrounds 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Elon Musk will be looking for scapegoats to blame for the fact that Ron DeSantis's campaign launch was technically a laughable farce. The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Harris denied all the charges and said the allegations against him were “laughable”. Disgraced Australian-born former entertainer Rolf Harris dead at 93 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In the twentieth century, particularly after World War I, the idea of inevitable human progress seemed laughable. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The date of 2/2/22 will always be known for the lame, laughable announcement ceremony. LOVERRO: Commanders housecleaning needs to extend beyond Snyder 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “Honestly, that question is a little laughable,” says Kay, 18, who identifies as queer and attends a public high school near Lansing, Michigan. Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions — and habits 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In an interview last Tuesday, Mr. Cameron called the ad “laughable on its face.” A Hostile, Under-the-Radar Primary Splinters Republicans 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z When the history of this franchise is written, the transition from Snyder to Harris will so far trump Rivera’s selection of Forbes over Gonzalez and Smith to the point it will be laughable. Perspective | Ron Rivera’s first Washington draft pick is in limbo. Why trust his latest? 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z That laughable concept has been undermined by the $787.5 million settlement, as he used KGB tradecraft when citing specificity to add credibility to spurious claims. Opinion | Undermining democracy for personal gain is reprehensible 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z It would be laughable if it weren't so tragic, and if guns weren't now the leading cause of death of younger Americans. The Second Amendment is a ludicrous historical antique: Time for it to go 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z More tribute show than parody, “The Great British Bake Off Musical” is gentle in tone, with characters more lovable than laughable. ‘The Great British Bake Off’ as a musical? Now that takes the cake. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In this case, the arguments by the antiabortion doctors that they were somehow harmed by the FDA’s approval of a medication that they do not themselves prescribe were laughable. Opinion | The justices’ abortion pill ruling is as good as it gets for this court 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “If it were a laughable lawsuit that made no sense whatsoever, they might go ahead and spend the money,” said Jon Coupal, the association’s president. Mayor Karen Bass' first budget: more cops, more hotel rooms for L.A.'s homeless 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z But the idea that a real estate magnate and conservative activist such as Crow would not have an interest in the outcome of many Supreme Court cases is laughable. Column: What Clarence Thomas calls hospitality looks a lot more like corruption 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z John Paul’s longtime secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, also criticized the insinuations against John Paul as “unreal, false and laughable if they weren’t tragic and even criminal.” Papal official rejects new claims in ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Relying on individual schools has become laughable at times. Column: 'Protect those who follow the rules': Open letter to incoming Southern Section commissioner 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “In the burning of Judas, social evil becomes laughable.” Mexican artisans create ‘Judas’ figures for others to burn 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Its premise is utterly laughable, given how many programs the Editorial Board has pushed for that have added to the national debt in just the past decade. Opinion | Readers respond: Don’t touch veterans’ disability benefits 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Though “Transatlantic” is made with evident affection for its subject, and is not without entertainment value, it can also be clunky, corny and clichéd, scattered and perfunctory and at times unintentionally laughable. Review: ‘Transatlantic’ is a clunky, quasi-historical melodrama about Varian Fry 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Five years ago, when he arrived from Japan, the thought of such dominance was laughable. MLB official: Shohei Ohtani could get a record $600 million on open market 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “It’s almost laughable, right?” said Donald Betts Jr., a former Kansas state senator who lives in Australia and came to the ceremony to celebrate a fellow Black American immigrant. A Black Man Went to Australia for Gold, Then Stood Up for Democracy 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Even when a squad is so overpowering it’s laughable, you want to laugh because that team dominated some of the best along the way. Perspective | Connecticut handled all business. That has never looked so impressive. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “I don’t think we ever did. The royalties we got then would be considered laughable now. But we were just so happy to make a record. We were just a bunch of kids, really.” Keith Reid, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ lyricist, dies at 76 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Claiming a "God-given right" to guns would be laughable if it wasn't so deadly. The “God-given right” to guns is a cash-fueled sham 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But, Mr. Bolton said, “The idea that he’s a paragon of virtue who didn’t do this to other people and is now a victim of this unfairness really is laughable.” Trump Says the Justice System Has Been Weaponized. He Would Know. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Abortion Dream Team says official statistics claiming that 107 abortions were performed in Poland — a country of nearly 40 million people — in all of 2021 are laughable. Guilty of abetting abortion, Polish woman vows to fight on 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He added it was "laughable" to suggest depleted uranium rounds were in any way linked to nuclear weapons, which uses enriched uranium. Ukraine war: UK defends sending uranium shells after Putin warning 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The idea that a white, cis-gendered man might have something to say, or to express it artistically, is laughable. Step aside, Lydia Tár: Novelist Catherine Lacey presents the ultimate art monster 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z His dark fate in the film is handled in a way that’s meant to be laughable — and is, but not in the way that’s intended. Review | ‘Moving On’: Not much laughter or tears in this oddly stagnant dramedy 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z While many of his tweets are dismissed as laughable, the ones about succeeding his father in this East African nation are a source of concern for some. Ugandan leader’s son unnerves with tweets of ambitions 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s laughable if you don’t have to live it.” The MAGA-fication of North Idaho College 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “I abhor corruption. Any fiction to the contrary or ‘fake news’ is laughable.” South Africa’s Embattled Deputy President Resigns 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z What is the message our state sends when a young man is killed, and the consequences are so laughable? Increase the penalties for hazing and end the culture that took my son’s life 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z "I advise the officials of the White House to stop the failed game of Iran-phobia, making news about the leader of Al-Qaeda and linking him to Iran is laughable," Amirabdollahian wrote. Iran denies U.S. claims linking Tehran to Al Qaeda's leader - foreign minister 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Native American organizations in Kansas City at the time called the changes “laughable.” Native Americans renew protests of Kansas City Chiefs mascot 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z It sounds laughable — how many people have tried to start a podcast? — except Owens and “Moms” quickly became serious business. A New York bookfluencer launches her first bricks-and-mortar shop ... in L.A. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It would be laughable if their culture wars didn't have a deadly impact on people's lives. Behold, the new Republican culture war — because they have nothing else 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Daniel Russel, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia under then-President Barack Obama, said China's "laughable alibi" that the aircraft was an errant weather balloon, didn't help. China balloon soaring over U.S. deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z At a time of multitrillion-dollar annual deficits, that goal would be laughable if the ramifications of inevitable failure weren’t so serious — in deepening voters’ disillusionment and, potentially, triggering an economic crisis. Column: On the debt-ceiling crisis, take it from moderate Republicans: Be afraid, be very afraid 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It may sound laughable, but the question of fungal consciousness has caused genuine divides in the scientific community. What do mushrooms sound like? Hear the psychedelic boops, beeps and womps for yourself 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z In the lawsuit, Hooper said that the abuse accusation was “laughable” and suggested he was the victim of a political set-up. Woman in groping case with former lawmaker speaks out 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It would seem laughable, then, to categorize him as being on their level. Joe Biden's first two years: He could be a president on par with FDR and LBJ 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He described the allegation as "laughable" and said he did not know why it was being made now. Russian proxy in east Ukraine accuses Briton of spying 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Though 2023 appears to be in full swing after a long holiday, predicting the future of comedy this year still seems pretty laughable. Chris Rock to Bro V. Wade: 5 Comedy specials and events we’re excited about in 2023 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “It’s laughable for anyone who knows my husband to think I could influence his jurisprudence,” she said. Ginni Thomas says she regrets post-election texts to Meadows 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Daly, in her first public statement directly addressing the event, said there was nothing “laughable” about it. Woman in groping case with former lawmaker speaks out 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z So think of the 13 laughable lapses in self-betterment chronicled here less as confessions and more as a way of enthusiastically embracing that which makes us all human. 13 failed new year's resolutions that'll make you feel better about your own 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z They would be laughable if they were not so dangerous. Column: Scandal, villainy, treachery — the Jan. 6 committee report is replete juicy bits 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z In a first-person story for the Times, Mr. Toth called the pretext for his arrest “laughable,” saying a source he believed was a scientist had handed him a paper on parapsychology, not military secrets. Robert Toth, L.A. Times reporter targeted by KGB, dies at 93 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z That word “inevitable” is laughable to those who spent years fighting for marriage equality against what once seemed prohibitive odds. Opinion | A question to conservative Christians on gay marriage: Why draw the line here? 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Huff dismissed his former employer’s criticisms as laughable and said he welcomes scrutiny of the facts presented in the book. Virus hunter for EcoHealth Alliance says COVID-19 leaked from Chinese lab 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Sadly, UNESCO’s announcement is as laughable as it is laudable. Opinion | Why the announcement on France’s baguettes is as laughable as it is laudable 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But Joanna Poulton recently resigned over what she says are "laughable" plans that would jeopardise the future viability of governing bodies. Bobsleigh chief resigns over 'mad' reform plans 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “There is a history of people like him, they won’t stop. For him to be let out is laughable,” Hughes told the ABC. Australia wants Indonesia to monitor released bombmaker 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “They read from a script and thanked me for my service, which I find laughable,” the person said, spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly. CNN makes massive staff cuts as news industry prepares for a dark winter 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The habit of trying to punch down on a place, to define it by its problems, is laughable. Perspective | No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, D.C. is not a crime-ridden hell hole 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In Moscow, Mr. Lavrov dismissed as “laughable” suggestions that Moscow might be trying to engage Kyiv in cease-fire negotiations so that it can buy time and replenish its forces amid setbacks on the battlefield. Brace for Bombs, Fix and Repeat: Ukraine’s Grim Efforts to Restore Power 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z He also dismissed as “laughable” the idea that Moscow is trying to engage Kyiv in cease-fire negotiations as a way to buy time and replenish its forces amid setbacks on the battlefield. Lavrov says Ukraine’s energy system is a legitimate target. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “You have so many factual inaccuracies it’s actually laughable,” he wrote. Desperate for Growth, Aging Casino Company Embraced ‘Degenerate Gambler’ 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Vignarajah called the plea offer extended by prosecutors “laughable,” saying it would “essentially amount to him being returned to the juvenile system, spending perhaps nine months in custody and then released.” Deal sends squeegee teen accused in Baltimore killing to juvenile court 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Despite his apparent good form, the world's leading player says he feels an "imposter" on the circuit and finds it laughable that, at his age, he is still able to compete at the top. World champion O'Sullivan feels 'unbreakable' 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z That’s why I’m asking you to share — completely anonymously — some of your biggest New Year’s resolution regrets, your laughable lapses in self-betterment and your epic failures on follow-through. We want to hear your anonymous tales of fantastically failed New Year’s resolutions 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z That posture is laughable after he chose to diminish the horror of violence on the part of a right-wing partisan aimed at one of Mr. Youngkin’s political opponents. Opinion | Glenn Youngkin shows his true colors 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “One of the things that is almost laughable: Some people call and say. ‘Is it true you don’t count the absentee ballots except in close elections?’ Election Officials Say Efforts to Intimidate Voters Are Widening 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z She described the situation as a "silly mess" and said it was "laughable" that she was being ordered to repaint her door. Owner says colour row is 'laughable' as guidelines show pink door 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z When I first saw one I thought it was laughable. Perspective | Somebody grabbed the grab handle on my car. That makes me crabby. 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z “I understand fans are upset that he plays for the rival, but he went to the rival because what choice did he have?” asked Schleicher, who called the Nationals’ offer to Harper laughable and insincere. Bryce Harper in the World Series has Nationals fans feeling all sorts of ways 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Democratic state Sen. Hob Bryan said the idea that people choose where to live based on tax policy is “laughable on its face.” Mississippi Gov. to push for full elimination of income tax 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The timing was almost laughable: At 1 in the afternoon on a beautiful fall Sunday. California voters don't like where the state's headed. But they still want Newsom in office 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z An Edinburgh woman says it is "laughable" that she has been ordered to change the colour of her pink front door when official guidelines feature a door painted a similar colour. Owner says colour row is 'laughable' as guidelines show pink door 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The idea that Republicans will tell a pollster or a focus-group moderator the truth is just laughable. NeverTrumper Rick Wilson on the midterms: "Democrats are about to pay a terrible price" 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z One of these things is so not like the other that it would be laughable if it weren’t so god-awful serious and revealing. Column: 'Women, doctors, local political leaders': How Dr. Oz handed Democrats a path to victory 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “Do I need to say that again? It’s laughable on its face,” Bryan told The Associated Press Thursday. Mississippi Gov. to push for full elimination of income tax 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z And when I think about the modern CEO class and how they would feel about picking up a piece of garbage, it's almost laughable. Abigail Disney’s dream: Living wages for workers 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z But Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chief executive Olivia Marks-Woldman said: "There is nothing entertaining or laughable about Hitler or the murder of six million Jews, and the persecution of millions more." Channel 4 criticised for Jimmy Carr show involving Hitler painting 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z When he testified under oath that partisanship played no role in the Wisconsin process, a three-judge panel dismissed his claim as "almost laughable." Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts — and may have broken Florida law 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z It's a falsehood that would be laughable to many livestock herders from Africa, one of the multiple centers of origin for genetic traits enabling people to digest milk. What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Vladeck explained that Trump's appeal is "not *entirely* laughable" but is still "doomed to fail" and "unlikely to accomplish much even if it succeeds." “Doomed to fail”: Legal experts trash Trump’s appeal after he runs to SCOTUS over Mar-a-Lago docs 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s also laughable that conservatives, including the ones on the court, should be shocked that their bellicose use of the confirmation process and judicial power should inspire such fury from Democrats. Opinion | A partisan Supreme Court is 2022’s other incumbent 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z When Finn delves into the childhood trauma that Rose has yet to make peace with, it is visualized and rendered so literally it’s laughable. ‘Smile’ review: This abuse of horror tropes borders on traumatic 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z This would be merely laughable if they weren't also insisting that religious liberty means that everyone must live by the retrograde religious dogma they pretend to believe. Hang on, Republicans: Who are the real "elites," anyway? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to use the word ‘laughable,’ but come on,” he said. Space Force Song Shoots for the Stars, but Some Think It Falls Flat 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The game would not have been that close if not for the laughable unforced errors. College football review: How Lincoln Riley's hot USC start impacts Nebraska, Urban Meyer 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s because fully explaining what the viewer would see on screen is so silly and idiotic as to be laughable and not in the least scary. Calendar Feedback: 'Barbarian' review makes one reader cheer, another laugh 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Of the upcoming rules changes to be implemented next year by MLB, perhaps the most ludicrous if not laughable is limiting pitchers to two pick off throws. Letters to Sports: Not-so-fast start for Rams' Super Bowl repeat 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Dasgupta says the DEA's framing "was so divorced from any reality of what drug markets are actually like, it was almost laughable that our country's top drug enforcement folks are so out of touch." DEA says "rainbow" fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that's nonsense 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z It feels almost laughable to use the term Künstlerroman, but maybe that’s just what a good number of first books are — portraits of an artist struggling to be born. Review: How to survive hurricanes, family and the American dream, in a blazing story cycle 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Jennie Joseph says the idea of trying to get a referral to a mental health specialist for a Medicaid patient is “laughable.” Medicaid extensions for new moms grow, may run into limits 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z But they said it was laughable to call a few hours of voluntary charging limits a sign of failure. Amid Heat Wave, California Asks Electric Vehicle Owners to Limit Charging 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “I think the video is in very poor taste and am disgusted that he thought a joke about my daughter’s death was a laughable moment,” Palmer said, according to local news station WDRB. Louisville jailer fired for video mocking police, Breonna Taylor killing 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The Muslim Parliament was "a laughable thing", she says. Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “I find that laughable, to be honest with you,” Vega said of the ad, saying she voted against the budgets due to her opposition to tax hikes. Spanberger flips the script on policing in race against auxiliary deputy 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Capitol might be misnamed with the term “cultist” is laughable and unconvincing. Opinion | No, Gary Abernathy, we will not get over it 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Even then the computational ability of even the largest IBM machines is laughable by today’s standards. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z A University of Kansas ornithologist called the videos laughable. Do videos show ivory-billed woodpecker, or is it extinct? 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z It is a caricature that would be laughable if it were not so alarming. Opinion | Merrick Garland is no cowboy 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Beyond the laughable hypocrisy, the principle at work here seems to be that the law should be invoked only against political enemies, never allies. Opinion | The GOP makes its choice: Trump, yes. Rule of law, no. 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z A Packer fan’s cheese head might be more laughable than what some people of faith put on their heads. Opinion | There’s nothing humorous about Samuel Alito’s comments 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The backstory details are grisly, appalling and borderline laughable, and without Hall’s unwaveringly sympathetic, ferociously internalized performance, laughter might indeed have been the appropriate response. Review: Rebecca Hall's thrilling performance breathes life into the creepy 'Resurrection' 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr Cassidy said the Scottish government was hiding behind the "technical fact" that it did not have front-line responsibility for local government which he said was "quite laughable". No alternative to 'all-out' council strike - Unite 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Reed had been convicted of what U.S. diplomats described as “laughable” charges three years ago. Shadowy arms dealer Viktor Bout may be key to Russia's release of WNBA star Brittney Griner 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Lavrov’s charge “would be laughable if it wasn’t so tragic for the people who live in Africa,” John Kirby, the NSC director of strategic communications, said in response. Blinken, Lavrov discussed potential prisoner exchange for Griner, Whelan 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z We arrived here 15 years ago next month with me writing, in laughable irony, about real estate before settling into this column. Goodbye to Starbucks at Westlake Park and so much more 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “They were not interested in my health. They were not interested in providing options for treatment,” Scott said, noting that contact tracing almost 11 days after his symptoms started felt “laughable.” California's LGBTQ community feeling ignored, angry, confused as monkeypox cases rise 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Esther said she "completely understands" the ASA's ruling that it's not false advertisement but the issue of women's safety remains, which makes "complaints almost laughable". Samsung did not break rules over woman running at 2am advert 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z They said that England’s lack of preparation for the heat sometimes felt laughable. London’s aging Hammersmith Bridge gets foil wrapping to protect it from rising temperatures. 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Attorneys for the flight attendants countered that it was laughable to think a law that applies to a limited group of workers would make nationwide labor shortages and flight cancellations any worse. High court declines to take up fight over airline crew rest 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Perry’s spokesman called Ms.Cheney’s claims a “laughable, ludicrous, and a thoroughly soulless lie.” Rep. Gohmert calls for Jan. 6 committee to release full deposition alleging he requested pardon 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The idea that these right-wing extremists will suddenly adopt a generous welfare program for women and children is laughable. Watch what Republicans say about Roe: GOP fear of backlash on abortion grows 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z To call these women unlikable feels laughable: When and how will we ever move past that term? Review: Author Lisa Taddeo's parade of women who want to be wanted 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z "Jesus, Guns and Babies" may seem like a laughable slogan, stripped of context. "Jesus, guns, babies": Religious violence is now at the core of the Republican Party 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z A spokesperson for the Congressman told The Hill that Ms.Cheney’s claims were a “laughable, ludicrous, and a thoroughly soulless lie.” Liz Cheney: Rep. Scott Perry, ‘multiple’ GOP lawmakers sought pardons from Trump 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It is laughable to suggest that Trump genuinely believed he had won the 2020 election. To indict Donald Trump, prosecutors will need to prove intent. Well, here it comes 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z This means that one of the main pro-gun arguments — that reasonable gun restrictions violate sacred, natural rights — is somewhere on the far side of laughable ignorance. Opinion | The GOP spin on gun rights is wrong — morally and legally 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But the idea that the United States could today pass a constitutional amendment on a subject as divisive as guns in a period of such extraordinarily high polarization and partisan division is laughable. Column: 'We have to act,' Biden says. But he’s said that before. And the likelihood is slim 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Meyer screamed at assistants, had run-ins with players and seemed to alienate nearly everyone around him while his college approach proved downright laughable in a locker room filled with grown men and millionaires. Time to heal: Jaguars still recovering from Urban Meyer era 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “To anyone who knows or has worked with me, the notion I am incapable of making up my own mind or following my own beliefs is laughable,” Ms. Graf wrote. A Trooper’s Lethal Force Was Justified by His Boss’s Wife: The Prosecutor 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “Even if such advertising is bought for the full commercial price, its cost will be laughable compared to the price of this war,” Navalny wrote on Twitter. Navalny’s team urges more Russian sanctions to help Ukraine 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The culture secretary - who is pushing for the network to be privatised - rejected claims she was seeking vengeance against it as "laughable". Channel 4 News didn't do itself any favours, says Nadine Dorries 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Federal Election Commission, the 2010 ruling in which the court said corporations could not be barred from spending unlimited amounts to help elect favored candidates, on the laughable theory that such independent spending wasn’t corrupting? Opinion | The Supreme Court just made corruption a little easier 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The idea is laughable on its face — but do not laugh. Opinion | The Black victims of the Buffalo shooting were killed by white supremacy 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The first myth — demonstrably laughable — is that eliminating constitutional protection for abortion rights would remove this contentious issue from courts and leave decisions to the democratic process, where it should have been all along. Opinion | Two pernicious myths about Alito’s draft opinion 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “That’s a laughable statement, and Chief Justice Roberts knows it,” Roth said in an email, calling some of the court’s practices “galling.” For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But Ms Dorries, said it was "laughable" when asked if selling Channel 4 was "vengeance" for its news coverage. Channel 4 News didn't do itself any favours, says Nadine Dorries 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “Jumping” Jim Crow purportedly was based on an actual enslaved person Rice claimed to have seen singing and dancing with what was later described by a theatrical colleague as a “laughable limp.” Review: The high-octane 'Tambo & Bones' scrutinizes the inescapable legacy of minstrelsy 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z In a statement Monday, Bloom called Marciano’s claims of being extorted “laughable” and “baseless” and predicted his lawsuit would be thrown out. Guess founder sues Lisa Bloom, claiming prominent attorney extorted him 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, called it “laughable” as he spoke on the Senate floor Thursday about the administration not being prepared to handle the expected increase in migrant crossings. Republicans blame homeland security secretary for spike in migration 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It saw the U.S. turn over a convicted Russian drug trafficker for the 30-year-old Texan who has maintained his innocence after being convicted on what a U.S. official decried as “laughable” evidence. A look at Trevor Reed, the Texan released in prisoner swap 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z This was laughable coming from an ally and defender of the overtly authoritarian Trump, and McEnany's anti-Psaki comments are being slammed on social media. Kayleigh McEnany called out for calling Jen Psaki an "autocrat" who gives "snarky answers" 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z De Blasio called the transit authority chief’s continued drumbeat “laughable,” and said it was part of Cuomo’s political strategy to deflect from the crisis he was facing. Crime is rising on subways across the country, experts say 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “This independent legislature theory, this needs to be said, this is an absurd legal theory, it’s laughable,” Holder said in an interview. Democrats’ redistricting gains hit a roadblock: The Supreme Court 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Teachers said claims by a Tory MP that they would drink in staff rooms during lockdown are "laughable" and "bizarre". Michael Fabricant's lockdown drink comments 'laughable', say teachers 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “And the suggestion that you could be in the unmasked presence of somebody for 10 minutes, and that somehow is not a significant exposure is kind of laughable.” Mask, no mask: Biden’s pandemic practices vary as covid risks grow 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z For any of the other 90 players in the field, such a notion under such circumstances would be laughable. Tiger Woods plans to play in the Masters ‘as of right now’ — and thinks he can win 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Some critics might deride Seattle as a bastion of socialism but we are so far from it it’s laughable. Seattle’s middle class is vanishing. Could this idea save it? 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, a lot of people think women aren’t aggressive. There are women who rock - and rock hard - but it’s still like, ‘It’s a girl, it’s laughable.’ Rock’s saviors? Ladies of Plush rock harder than most anyone 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The performance of the indignant White males might be laughable if not so pernicious and dangerous. Opinion | The poor optics at the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Russian officials last week alleged that the U.S. is developing bioweapons in Ukraine, a charge American officials have dismissed as “false” and “laughable.” NATO says it’s stepping up chemical, nuclear defenses in response to Russia 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z It's cynical and would be laughable if it weren't all in the service of stoking bigotry and further radicalizing the Republican base. With their QAnon circus as cover, Republicans covertly unveil plans to undo decades of settled law 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “In fact, our deals are by far worse now than they were before. By worse, I mean laughable amounts of money.” How SiriusXM bought and bungled a beloved podcast network 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z To Vlaschenko, who runs the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center in Kharkiv, the efforts to turn their survey work into something menacing seems laughable–as long as Kharkiv remains in Ukrainian hands. ‘The Russians must know it’s a lie.’ Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z To say they’re around the 17th or 18th best team in the field is laughable. March Madness best bets: Five intriguing games, plus UCLA's Final Four odds 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z No verifiable evidence has ever been put forward to substantiate the allegations, which a Pentagon official dismissed on Friday as “absurd and laughable.” Intelligence points to heightened risk of Russian chemical attack in Ukraine, officials say 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The antics of Wisconsin’s taxpayer-funded commission would be laughable if they weren’t so damaging to democracy. Opinion | The Wisconsin GOP’s investigation into the 2020 election is a farce. It’s time to abandon it. 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas declared that Vladimir Putin didn't invade while Donald Trump was in office because Trump was so tough on him, which is, of course, laughable. Ignore the GOP's sudden pivot, Republicans have a long worked to undermine Ukraine 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The suggestion that Tsaryov could assume power was dismissed as laughable among many Ukrainians. Aiming to control Ukraine, Russia risks quagmire of foreign regime change 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The Scottish Conservatives said it was "laughable that Labour are wasting time on which pretty flower to use as their logo when Scottish people are far more concerned about their jobs and public services." Scottish Labour to ditch red rose in rebranding 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Sexual content might be what’s flagged — even though the idea of kids going to the library in search of sexual content when most of them have access to the internet is quaintly laughable. An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z There are far more egregious, laughable and dangerous depictions of Muslims and Middle Easterners out there to challenge, after all. 'Jihad Rehab' started a furor at Sundance. But the problem is bigger than one film 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z That’s a somewhat laughable number, but it’s not a total failure considering that this is one of the most system-intensive games available right now. Razer Blade 17 (2022) review: faster and cooler than ever 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z If this resistance to government ethics weren’t so sinister, it would be laughable. Perspective | Here’s how to ban congressional stock trading so politicians can’t cheat 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Senator Christopher Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, called it “laughable” that Republicans would claim that Mr. Trump’s sanctions policy had deterred Iran’s military activities. Iran Nuclear Deal Inches Toward Revival but Faces Critics in U.S. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The International Olympic Committee’s response to Russian doping has been to allow individual athletes to compete, but not allow the Russians to fly their flag, a sometimes laughable approach. Opinion | Yes, Kamila Valieva should be skating in Beijing 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The idea that a 15-year-old girl is trying to evade the World Anti-Doping Agency and cheat her way to multiple golds on her own is laughable. Perspective | Who could have seen another Russian doping issue coming? Everyone but the IOC. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “The plans I have for my life are laughable because when God wills something, it’ll blow your socks off.” A mail carrier delivered care and cheer. Now she’s engaged, and her residents are repaying her 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z In an Olympics that is being diplomatically boycotted by a slew of nations — the United States included — because of China’s history of human rights abuses and censorship, it seems almost a laughable notion. Perspective | U.S. forward Abby Roque is a first-time Olympian — and a pioneer for Indigenous people 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z “I wish we had objected more vigorously to the Vice President’s high-minded advice … Ginni Thomas’ claim in 2000 that she doesn’t talk to her husband about Supreme Court business now seems laughable. Critics say Ginni Thomas’s activism is a Supreme Court conflict. Under court rules, only her husband can decide if that’s true. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z This campaign to bury the past is laughable, because of course they mean the past that has driven away much of what was once a strong fan base. LOVERRO: This franchise by any other name is still dogged by its past 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Their predictable complaints are both laughable and hypocritical. An idea whose time has come 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z "So many guys are getting so many more votes than him — it’s laughable," Williams said. Devin Booker leads Suns past Jazz for 8th straight win 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Jones said she and many other legal scholars considered Mr. Trump’s insistence in 2016 that libel laws be reopened “deeply improbable, even laughable.” Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z But their performances didn’t showcase anything about the NFL except for its laughable insistence on trying to present mediocrity as compelling parity. Perspective | The NFL chose quantity over quality, and its product suffered 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Stewart said he is sponsoring legislation because “that argument on its face is laughable.” Maryland policymakers gather with legal marijuana, climate change and a multi-billion dollar in surplus on the agenda 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z “These calls make a laughable season even more laughable,” Fox analyst and former Giants great Michael Strahan said during the halftime show. Four takeaways from Washington’s season-ending win over the Giants 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z It made “a laughable season even more laughable,” former Giants great Michael Strahan said, and so it was. Perspective | The Giants were an embarrassment Sunday and boy, did Joe Judge have it coming 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Kemp committee spokesman Cody Hall said, “David Perdue’s record of shady stock deals makes clear that he really doesn’t like playing by the rules, so this laughable lawsuit shouldn’t surprise anyone.” Perdue challenges campaign fundraising law benefitting Kemp 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The response from Hannity’s lawyer was every bit as predictable as it was laughable. Perspective | The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’ 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z "The idea we haven't been as affected as pubs or restaurants is laughable and it makes no sense not to concentrate on helping sports industries in a health pandemic," Mr Macaskill said. ‘It feels like gyms are being completely ignored’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “It’s both laughable and horrifying at the same time,” said Satya Rhodes-Conway, the mayor of Madison, one of the mayors targeted with the request. ‘A real conflagration’: Wisconsin emerges as front line in war over the 2020 vote 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Monahan has an official policy of never answering any media questions, so it is laughable when congressional leaders refer the press to the attending physician to explain health issues on campus. Analysis | When will the people’s House be returned to the people? Not even Capitol officials know. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “The idea of a Republican winning is going to be laughable.” Stafford County’s local government went from red to purple. Is it the next phase of N.Va.’s ‘blue wave’? 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z It would be laughable if it were not tragic. Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a "green light for right-wing extremists" 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The petty officer added that the 30-day timeline is "laughable" due to personnel specialists working on a sailor’s pay package and sending it to a processing system that has 30 days to work on it. Navy sailors forced to take out loans after being shorted on pay 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z He mocked the “faux outrage” and labeled as “laughable” the “shrill accusations that this cartoon is dangerous.” Opinion | Paul Gosar made a murderous video. Kevin McCarthy is murdering democracy. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “Tiger King 2” pushes into true crime territory with the disappearance of Don Lewis, and its “investigation” into what happened — but in the end it’s laughable. 'Tiger King 2’ is the pinnacle of reality TV cynicism 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But Hall’s sex scenes feature some laughable phrases — “walls of meat,” “its unhoused state” — and her prose can be pretentious. Sarah Hall sets ‘Burntcoat,’ a story of grief, sex and art, during a familiar pandemic 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Miyares called the charge “laughable,” adding that such attacks are likely to drive more people to the GOP. Republicans’ historic wins in Virginia illuminate growing diversity in GOP ranks 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Elite commentators pile on in laughable attempts to establish their purported anti-elite or populist credentials. Opinion | Wake up to these ‘woke’ distortions 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z In the era of #MeToo and the Texas abortion bounty hunter law, this "men are the real victims" nonsense is particularly laughable. Sorry, Josh Hawley, the left doesn't hate masculinity — women just don't want to make you a sandwich 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Those experiments, which ended several years ago, seem a bit laughable in this era of the heat dome. Washington wineries work to weather the challenges of climate change 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The most laughable and misleading example was “Explosion of plate readers ignites fight over privacy.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Be clear about what an ‘algorithm’ is 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “I have no doubt that this is taking place in districts across the country as well, where tough questions and boos are being reported as harassment, which is laughable,” she said in an email. Garland blasted for unleashing FBI on school board squabbles 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “The idea that this research is going to be led by the military is sort of laughable,” he said in an email. Air Force embraces former software chief who quit, warned China is winning AI competition 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Reaching Qatar might be a bit of a stretch, but picturing Luxembourg at a major tournament is far from laughable these days. For Thill, taking Luxembourg to a World Cup is family affair 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Reset Australia, an advocate group focused on the influence of technology on democracy, said the oversight panel was "laughable" as it involved no penalties and the code of conduct was optional. Facebook-backed group launches misinformation adjudication panel in Australia 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z |
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