| 单词 | laughingstock |
| 例句 | Since all of this is being televised, right now District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem, and he knows it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Trying to convince folk would only make them a laughingstock, like Crazy Martin, who had been trying to dig a well inside his own house for years now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then she would find herself waking up in a revival center tomorrow, a laughingstock. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Without credit, the new nation would remain a laughingstock in foreign eyes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He looked at the two flaming vehicles and sighed, knowing he’d be a laughingstock for his failure today. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But I was still shy and half paralyzed when in the presence of a crowd, and my first day at the new school made me the laughingstock of the classroom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You let my daughter escape, old man. You drove my wife to madness. You killed my monster and made me the laughingstock of the Mediterranean. You will never escape me!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They smell like dead pigeons and you’re making a laughingstock of the whole family. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sure the poor child would be a laughingstock. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As time went on, she became the laughingstock of the city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “They have made Afghanistan the laughingstock of the world. Now they are working with Osama.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He made words matter and conveyed the self-delusion of thOis likable laughingstock, a character convinced that his girth is actually an imposing physique with natural appeal for cultured women. Music Review: ‘Falstaff,’ Part of Prelude to Performance at Kaye Playhouse 2012-07-15T21:49:41Z The two dozen 14-year-olds forming an imperfect circle in a large hall on this humid morning in the Berkshires hail from every tier of their adolescent caste system, from the anointed to the laughingstocks. Girls, Uninterrupted 2010-08-13T22:38:00Z Prokopyev said that he and his peers "want Russia to be a normal country" and be able to elect a president "who doesn't make the country where we were born a laughingstock." Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies 2012-08-15T10:16:04Z Comedians make her a laughingstock, playing up her size and her looks. FX's "Impeachment" doesn't acquit itself well, despite a humanizing portrayal by Beanie Feldstein 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Naturally, this notebook falls into the wrong hands and makes him a laughingstock. Books of The Times: ‘The Unknowns’ Is Gabriel Roth’s Debut Novel 2013-07-10T20:23:36Z Ings offers a fascinating look at this establishment, which he calls “the glory and the laughingstock of the intellectual world.” Paperback Row 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z If Miller spent more time studying biology instead of theology, she might not have made herself a laughingstock. Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The protagonist is a chemistry professor named Noah Selvaggio who recently retired to avoid the risk of becoming a laughingstock. Review | Emma Donoghue’s ‘Akin’ sends an odd couple to France 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z If his judgment was unstable, his personal behavior appalling or if he were to make the United States a laughingstock in the opinion of mankind, the impeachment provision did not apply. Can Donald Trump Be Impeached? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Former New York congressman and mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, meanwhile, remains a national laughingstock nearly four years after he was first caught lying about his sexting habits. Americans' ability to forgive, forget fibs depends on who tells them 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z As for Te'o he became a laughingstock online as people made fun of him for falling victim to a lone catfisher. A closer look at the elaborate Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax and it's aftermath 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Anyway, first impressions are everything, and I didn’t want to show up in camo that might allow me to disappear among tree frogs in a rain forest but make me a laughingstock in Pennsylvania. First-time hunter vs. turkey: Thanksgiving dinner is on the line. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Still uncredited for saving the city in the Battle of the Blackwater, he began the season as a laughingstock and things have only gotten worse. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z Broner became the laughingstock of the basement party: “He always does this!” and “AB is trash, been trash, and will always be trash.” Boxing and the Age of Denial 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z To his detractors, though, Jackson was even less than that: either a laughingstock -- "Wacko Jacko" -- or worse: a freak, a deviant, a pariah. It's a wonderful afterlife for Michael Jackson 2010-06-21T05:17:00Z His film career was tanking, he was a tabloid laughingstock, and his long-term relationship was in peril. Woody Harrelson, Rogue Number One 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z “If they caught wind I did a class with a dominatrix, I’d be a laughingstock,” said one 39-year-old investment bank vice president. Here’s How to Deal With Men (Thwack!) 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Carrie White, you’ll recall, is a high school misfit, sheltered by her religious-fanatic mother, who becomes the school laughingstock when she freaks out in the gym shower at having her first menstrual period. Carrie Is Back: The Resurrection and the Life 2012-03-05T14:35:27Z “When it comes out that he was handpicked at the highest possible level, our great nation will be the laughingstock of the world,” he said. Five Novelists Imagine Trump’s Next Chapter 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In the space of less than a week, NBC News anchor Brian Williams went from debonair multimedia superstar to celebrity roadkill, an instant has-been and laughingstock whose career in the “news business” is presumably over. Downfall of a simulated celebrity: Brian Williams, Max Headroom and the performance of credibility 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z “I’ve lived to see myself become a laughingstock, a cartoon villain, the place in the august roll call of presidents where history pauses and snickers.” ‘Crooked’ review: Nixon narrates his story in this comic alt-history 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, he got it after calling America a “laughingstock” that is being “led by amateurs, and it’s a very sad thing.” Meet the 19th most likely guy to win the GOP presidential nomination 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z After years of delays and budget increases, which sometimes made it a laughingstock, the Elbphilharmonie is finally open, with music at its center. Review: The First Concert at the New Elbphilharmonie in Germany 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Four decades after the fact, with Jim an icon for multiple generations –- and those who railed against him now a laughingstock –- Florida has seen fit to issue a pardon. ArtsBeat: The Doors Light One Last Fire in Response to Morrison's Pardon 2010-12-22T19:51:09Z She went from rising star to laughingstock in the space of a few weeks. F**k it, I’m rooting for Donald Trump: It’s what the GOP deserves, and what we all deserve if we don’t mobilize 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Will the halftime show be a triumph or a laughingstock? Coldplay and Beyoncé Hope to Match Past Spectacles at Super Bowl Halftime Show 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z I was either going to be inspirational or a laughingstock. Comedian Anderson still hurting from diving mishap 2013-03-28T11:24:15Z But Rebney is less a laughingstock than a charismatic ham with a short fuse. 'Winnebago Man': Catching up with 'The Angriest Man in the World' 2010-08-05T20:33:00Z But Mr. Rebney is less a laughingstock than a charismatic ham with a short fuse. | 'Winnebago Man': YouTube to Big Screen: RV Pitchman With Short Fuse 2010-07-08T23:56:00Z While Smith’s reliance on the score from “The Social Network” proves distracting, he’s nothing if not sober about the very real damage that’s required for an internet laughingstock. "Fyre" review: A compelling, all-access look inside the worst music festival of all-time 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z She was the 22-year-old who had saved the dress, who was betrayed by her friend, who was threatened with jail time, and who, ultimately, became a public laughingstock. Monica Lewinsky Breaks Her Public Silence With a TED Talk 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But when Mr. Maestri, in chilling voice, delivers Falstaff’s defense of his girth as an embodiment of stature and potency, you feel sympathy for this laughingstock of a knight. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Failure to implement a viable deportation policy, the Greek minister argued, would “make Europe a laughingstock over its asylum process.” Greece wants European Union to sanction countries that refuse deported migrants, minister says 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Lombardo garnered criticized from many his own party after the bill signing, including from Nevada’s Republican National Committeewoman Sigal Chattah, who called him a “laughingstock across the nation” in a tweet. Nevada GOP governor signs transgender health bills while vetoing another, bucking party trends 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z On a laughingstock squad that went a woeful 40-120, he paced New York with 10 wins. Roger Craig, former MLB pitcher and manager who was World Series fixture, dies at 93 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The McLaren effort that year was a laughingstock - so bad that many worried Brown would forego plans to return as a full-time IndyCar team. 4 years after missing Indy 500 with Alonso, McLaren Racing very much a contender 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The McLaren effort that year was a laughingstock — so bad that many worried Brown would forego plans to return as a full-time IndyCar team. 4 years after missing Indy 500 with Alonso, McLaren Racing very much a contender 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The Broncos were still a laughingstock but the local basketball team put out a good product right away. Nuggets make Denver a hoops town with first trip to NBA Finals in 47 years 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Detroit is hoping rookies bolster its chances of living up to relatively high expectations for a franchise that has been a league laughingstock for decades. Lions take Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker on busy 2nd day of draft 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z They became a league laughingstock, the East Coast Clippers, with 50- and eventually 60-loss seasons becoming the norm. With Knicks into 2nd round, New Yorkers back, brash as ever 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “People are just tired of it. They’re tired of him making us into a laughingstock.” Waiting for Trump to face justice, they’re cautiously not optimistic 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Jesse Watters opened the program with a relatively tame criticism — “this is a whole lot of nothing” — before unleashing a more unbridled diatribe against Mr. Bragg, who he called “a laughingstock.” Fox hosts criticize case against Trump. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z That’s why I get these “All In” vibes when I think about WrestleMania because I certainly could have been the laughingstock of the industry. Rhodes ready to take his place in WrestleMania spotlight 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z She was attacked by the former president, Vladimir Voronin, who accused her of betraying “family values” and said she was the “laughingstock, the sin and the national disgrace of Moldova.” Moldova’s Pro-Europe Leader Tries to Thwart Russia’s Influence 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Owens said Welsh rugby had turned into the “laughingstock.” Wales-England to go ahead in Six Nations after strike threat 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z For nearly two decades, the Kings have been the laughingstock of the N.B.A., firing a carousel of coaches and missing the playoffs for 16 straight years, the longest drought in N.B.A. history. Sacramento’s Latest Craze Is Like a Bat Signal 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Westbrook grew up in Los Angeles at a time when the Clippers were a laughingstock. Plaschke: In signing Russell Westbrook, Clippers foolishly mirror the Lakers' mistake 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z "I don't want any of this problem, but also I don't want videos uploaded where we get to be a laughingstock," Law adds. Failed MAGA candidate's vulgar speech goes viral 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z He finished that season with 34 homers and 94 RBIs, most in both categories by far for a lovable laughingstock team that lost a big league-record 120 games under Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel. Frank Thomas, Pirates star and original Met, dies at 93 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z If not for the attractive Lakers brand, the team would have been the laughingstock of the league much sooner. Letters to Sports: Readers agree, LeBron James can leave the Lakers 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z America is not a men’s soccer laughingstock right now. Perspective | Don’t view the USMNT’s loss as the end. It’s a down payment on the future. 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The Mouse That Roared has come a long way from the days when they were a laughingstock in front of the world at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. LOVERRO: Bemusement at Qatar’s antics replaced these days by disgust 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Offensive tackle Taylor Decker said this isn’t the same old Lions, perennial laughingstocks that haven’t won a playoff game since 1991. Lions earn respect with close call against powerful Bills 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z And in what is likely Lionel Messi’s fifth and final appearance on soccer’s biggest stage, Argentina has become something of a laughingstock in Qatar. World Cup Viewer’s Guide: Argentina, Messi look for rebound 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Our country is a laughingstock right now, but our country can be greater than it ever was before, by a lot. In Announcing 2024 Bid for Presidency, Trump Echoes Old Falsehoods 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z A group of young men were painting over one of the billboards, rendering the promise — or threat — a laughingstock. Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe trauma of occupation 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z He told me that I was a laughingstock and that I would never be respected and that players wouldn’t want to sign with me strictly because of my gender.” Kelli Masters overcomes critics, among few female NFL agents 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Once-stolid Britain has become something of a global laughingstock, a Northern European version of Italy, with its constant churn of direction and leaders, as allies ask: Who has the keys to this car? Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister, first person of color in role 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z To hear the four-time NFL MVP tell it, the Jets have gone from a longtime laughingstock to a team that has the goods. Analysis | What’s different about these Jets? They actually have good players. 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The NFC East has gone from laughingstock to juggernaut in less than two years. NFC East goes from laughingstock to juggernaut in 2 seasons 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He said Sogavare “has succeeded in making us the laughingstock of the region, as a country that is prepared to tamper with its constitution for a two-week event, against the clear wishes of its people.” Solomon Islands to delay election, raising fears of unrest 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, Moreno opened the doors to duds that, like Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage, turned the team back into a laughingstock. Column: Good riddance to Angels owner Arte Moreno and his sombrero of shame 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z When called upon to sign the Declaration, many of the delegates feared that if women demanded the right to vote, the movement would be considered too radical and its members would become a laughingstock. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Some users compared the military to the Chinese men’s soccer team, a laughingstock in the country because it has qualified for the World Cup only once. Your Friday Briefing: Russia Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Some users compared the People’s Liberation Army to the Chinese men’s soccer team, a laughingstock in the country because it has qualified for the World Cup only once. Perils of Preaching Nationalism Play Out on Chinese Social Media 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Derek Fisher’s successor will have to clean up the former head coach and general manager’s mess that has turned the once-proud franchise into at best an afterthought and at worst a laughingstock. Sparks vow to 'Just stick together' after Liz Cambage departure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They all remember how Google Glass, and the “Glassholes” who wore them in public, became the laughingstock of the world. Ready or not, the Glassholes are coming back 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z As the editors were quick to point out, Hawley is now a national "laughingstock" because he has been exposed for the "fleeing coward" he is. Hawley roasted by hometown paper after ridicule for running out of Capitol on Jan.6 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z We have become a bit of a laughingstock to the world. Ali Velshi on the coming recession — and why Joe Biden can't stop it 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Countries around the world view us as a laughingstock, as one mass shooting inevitably follows another. Opinion | We must heed the warning signs on gun violence 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The Cincinnati Reds, the laughingstock of April and May, are at 0.3 percent, perhaps a nod to the National League East being a tougher division than the NL Central. In Nats’ mistake-filled loss, a tale of two sinkers and a Marlins ace 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The paper, for much of its existence, had functioned as journalistic laughingstock; Otis helped transform it into a Pulitzer Prize-winning media organization with bureaus around the world. New life for L.A. Times Orange County complex. Defense contractor, not influencers, benefit 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z It might turn Ecuador into the story of the tournament, or the Netherlands into a laughingstock. Liverpool, Manchester City and a Bar Set Too High 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Haas was the laughingstock of Formula One all of last season, a team sucked into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because both its sponsor and driver were Russian. Motorsports celebrates strong weekend across several series 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z That came a few years later when, during a season in which a player killed himself in the practice facility parking lot, the Chiefs were the two-win laughingstock of the league. Winning ways: Are the Chiefs suddenly the NFL’s new dynasty? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Before the holidays, protesters in Rome held up signs saying Mr. Berlusconi made Italy a “laughingstock” of Italy as prime minister. Bye-bye, bunga-bunga? Berlusconi drops Italian presidential bid on eve of vote 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z The performance is a stark turnaround from 2018, when Tesla’s production and supply problems made it an industry laughingstock. Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z No team in the conference has any idea how to play defense, and until they do they will continue to be a national laughingstock. Letters to Sports: Can playoff-bound Rams and Matthew Stafford get it done? 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z And he somehow made Jacksonville worse and arguably a bigger laughingstock than it’s been during Khan’s decade of dysfunction as owner. Clown party? Frustrated Jags fans trying to elicit GM change 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Even though it beat Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant to market by years, many regard Apple’s once-groundbreaking virtual concierge as kind of a laughingstock by comparison. Perspective | If you need your music everywhere, Apple Music’s “voice plan” isn’t for you 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z He became, to his team’s rivals, a laughingstock. Solskjaer Out at Manchester United After a Loss Too Far 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z His investigation into alleged wrongdoing by FBI officials in launching the Trump-Russian collusion investigation had long been viewed as a laughingstock by former President Donald Trump and Trump fans. John Durham wins over toughest critic with revelations of Dem scheme behind Trump-Russia probe 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z This may please back-room politicians, but it makes New York City a national laughingstock. Opinion | Reform New York City’s Board of Elections Now 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Most would agree it’s overdue for a franchise that has been a laughingstock for the better part of the past decade. Meyer’s plan: Get Jacksonville ‘rocking’ with wins, upgrades 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But the week since has been far from normal, even for a seemingly dysfunctional franchise that has been mostly a league laughingstock the past two decades. Jags trying to move on from ‘negative stuff’ against Titans 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell turned into a laughingstock as she pushed Qanon and election fraud conspiracies for Donald Trump, who is apparently not showing any loyalty to his former attorney. Kraken lawyer Sidney Powell unwelcome at Trump resorts — they won't even answer her calls: report 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The butt of the joke here is the white Establishment, reduced by Everett’s tropes and puns to a redneck laughingstock. Review: Percival Everett rewrites the Southern racial narrative 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “It’s difficult. But people have hope and faith and are actively fighting the lawlessness of the authorities and the lawlessness of the elections, which are a laughingstock for the world to see,” Pedish said. In Russian Far East city, discontent smolders amid election 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He said that because of poor policies the state's left-wing legislature "pushed down the throats" of residents, "California has become a laughingstock, and deservedly so." California recall front-runners deliver closing pitch to voters, path to victory narrows 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Lakers franchise, which he purchased in 1979 and steered to 10 championships, had become a laughingstock, mired in the worst stretch in its history. Jeanie Buss Is Laughing Through Her Pain 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “This must never happen to another party’s presidential candidate again. We are the laughingstock of the world.” ‘It’s completely unAmerican’: Trump faults Big Tech for meddling in the 2020 presidential election 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The Mets, a relatively new team known primarily as a National League laughingstock to that point, won admirers for taking on the baseball establishment. How baseball’s response to RFK’s death inspired some players to fight back and sit out 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z At a recent meeting, one resident decried the fact that the commissioners were getting sucked into false allegations that made the county a “laughingstock.” Sweet Cherries, Bitter Politics: Two Farm Stands and the Nation’s Divides 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Henry's murky credentials have been viewed as a laughingstock within SafeSport and the U.S. Is the federal courts' new "judicial integrity officer" even a licensed attorney? 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Just two seasons ago, they went 19-63 and were a laughingstock. In the N.B.A. Playoffs, the Scariest Teams Aren’t at the Top 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Some readers see Doni Chamberlain and her website as a defender of civil society; others in Shasta County reject her as a liberal ‘laughingstock.’ Threats, videos and a recall: A California militia fuels civic revolt in a red county 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z She added: “Instead, they’ve made sure that he’s a laughingstock of America, and I just find that wrong.” Hunter Biden’s redemption tour quickly veers off course 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Are you all aware that we’re the laughingstock of the Internet? Yahoo Answers, a haven for the confused, is shutting down 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “Instead here we are subjected to a political drama in San Francisco, making the school district a laughingstock nationwide.” In San Francisco, Turmoil Over Reopening Schools Turns a City Against Itself 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Months before he was elected, Trump called the EPA the “laughingstock of the world” and proposed funding cuts to the agency that were sure to lead to staff cuts. How scientists scrambled to stop Donald Trump’s EPA from wiping out climate data 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z One without jokes about losing and being a laughingstock. Saleh begins tough task of changing Jets’ identity, culture 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Lee said the U.S. has now become a “laughingstock.” Hong Kongers call US violence a setback for democracy 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z After a 5-1 start, Chicago turned into a laughingstock with six consecutive losses. What We Learned From Week 14 of the N.F.L. Season 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The Chargers joined the winless New York Jets and the traditional laughingstock Detroit Lions as the only teams to be shut out this year. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn pleased by solid week of practice for Falcons game 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z They want to stay away from offending those people, and it’s causing the whole system to become a laughingstock to every other type of music in the world. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires wonder if the CMA 'knows anything about country music' 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Firing Quinn helped the team move on from its laughingstock status that followed the botched onside kick recovery in Dallas and the meltdown the following week against Chicago. Falcons reach bye week on a modest two-game winning streak 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Firing Quinn helped the team move on from its laughingstock status that followed the botched onside kick recovery in Dallas and the meltdown the following week against Chicago. Falcons reach bye week on a modest two-game winning streak 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z It was a hard fight, and made Palm Beach a laughingstock after a public meeting where opponents of mask-wearing called the mask mandate “the devil’s law.” Some Americans refuse to wear masks even as their hometowns become covid-19 hot spots 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z When we first meet Cohen’s Borat Sagdiyev in the film’s prologue, he’s been reprieved from a sentence of hard labor in a gulag for making a laughingstock of Kazakhstan in the first film. Review | ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ will elicit laughter, groans — even draw a little blood 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Shaking one’s fist at a leader doesn’t win people over as much as making that leader a laughingstock. Opinion | To Beat Trump, Mock Him 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z The Browns were at least rated above the league’s potential laughingstocks like the Jaguars, the Bengals, and um, “Football Team.” Tom Brady Led the N.F.L.’s Week 1 Flops, but There Were Others 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z In that decade, he started publishing ads and making statements saying, for example, that the U.S. had become a laughingstock on trade. Biden and Trump mark Sept. 11 — and are marked by it 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Rendon, a likable guy, became what another headline called “California’s new laughingstock” after he denied Wicks’ request to vote on legislation by proxy. In bringing her baby to vote, Buffy Wicks spotlights the mistreatment of working moms 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z The flip side of creating a global laughingstock, of course, is that here in the States, Borat is instantly recognizable to fans of the 2006 film. Review | ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ will elicit laughter, groans — even draw a little blood 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z We continue to be a laughingstock to the rest of the world. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z "Well, The New York Times is a national laughingstock," Cotton told the "Friends" hosts. Tom Cotton doubles down on NYT op-ed: Insurrectionists cannot be allowed to destroy federal property 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z “The risk is that this turns Parliament from a global leader in adapting to the pandemic into an international laughingstock,” said Ruth Fox, director of the Hansard society, a research organization focused on Parliament. They’re Calling It the ‘Conga Line Parliament’ 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The president, who had just spoken with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia before addressing the governors, told them that Minnesota had become “a laughingstock all over the world.” As Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists,’ Tear Gas Clears a Path for His Walk to a Church 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Walz also said he objected to Trump’s characterization that states with violent protests had become a “laughingstock” to the rest of the world. George Floyd’s death was a homicide, according to two autopsies 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z In an interview with The Times, Lee fired back: “What’s laughable is how the Knicks are the laughingstock of the league.” Spike Lee on Knicks Dispute: ‘Dolan Is Harassing Me’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Now a sign-stealing scandal has turned the Astros into a laughingstock, their rings all but meaningless to the rest of the sport. In Trade for Betts, Another of Astros’ Vanquished Opponents Bulks Up 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Mighty Ducks were laughingstocks their first decade. NHL Seattle mailbag: When will we get a team name? What to expect in the expansion draft? 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “It’s a hoax, the impeachment is a big hoax. It’s become a laughingstock all over the world,” Mr. Trump said. Trump on Bolton testimony: Up to Senate and lawyers 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Trump called the justice system 'a laughingstock' on camera. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stumbles trying to spin Trump's terror hypocrisy 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z “Cats” is now the laughingstock of the movie world. Commentary: The movie is a wreck, the musical is a joke. Why, then, will we always have 'Cats'? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z His campaign drew widespread praise on social media for a Twitter video post late Wednesday in which Biden called Trump a laughingstock among world leaders. At Iowa event, Biden gets into spat over Ukraine 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Last month, they were one of the league’s midseason laughingstocks, still looking for their first victory of the season. Dolphins, Jets motivated to finish dismal seasons strong 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Parker’s doing that more this season as he disproves doubters — not just those who dissed him, but critics who treated the 2019 Dolphins as laughingstocks. Late-bloomer Parker becomes centerpiece in Dolphins’ rebuild 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Parker’s doing that more this season as he disproves doubters - not just those who dissed him, but critics who treated the 2019 Dolphins as laughingstocks. Late-bloomer Parker becomes centerpiece in Dolphins’ rebuild 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Just a few weeks ago, criticized for his clumsiness in front of goal and his lack of collective spirit, the Serbian international was the laughingstock of the Canebiere, the port city’s famed avenue. Radonjic helping Marseille to new heights in French league 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s the players who have to walk the campus each week after losing by laughingstock scores. Perspective | Maryland and Rutgers still don’t have a chance playing Big Ten football 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The Clippers’ transformation from laughingstock to potential championship contender began before Doc Rivers arrived. Column: Doc Rivers quit -- briefly -- as Clippers coach after a week on the job 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z As I reported last year, the administration’s published backup for its proposed rule change made the package into a nationwide laughingstock. Column: Can Trump legally revoke California's clean air waiver? Short answer: Probably not. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z President Trump on Monday brushed off attempts by a trio of longshot primary challengers vying for the Republican Party presidential nomination as a "laughingstock" and a "publicity stunt." Trump calls GOP challengers 'laughingstock' publicity seekers 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z They have been a laughingstock around the league that free agents stayed away from and other executives ridiculed. LOVERRO: Leonsis offers Wizards fans a warmed-over backup plan 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z She has promoted her emoting in videos that have made her the laughingstock of sophisticates. Review: Dudamel marks his 10th L.A. Phil anniversary with a Hollywood Bowl blowout 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Trump built his own political career by calling this country weak and a laughingstock of the world. Opinion | Trump is building his reelection campaign on a foundation of racism 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z That improbable season changed the perception of the team, which morphed from laughingstock to winner. Mets honored with keys to the city 50 years after their 1969 'miracle' season 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z With a record like this, common sense suggests Laffer should be seen as a national laughingstock. Trump to award misguided economist the Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “People here think Trump is a laughingstock,” a senior German official told me. Forget “No Collusion,” Trump Is Now Pro-Collusion 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z But it will be a costly win, as his words have already turned the vaunted Lakers brand into a league-wide laughingstock. Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers' and his legacy 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z “It’s made us a laughingstock when we were ‘Great Britain’.” Taking the temperature in the heart of Brexit land 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z They said the party was spreading hate online and propagating “unscientific and irrational beliefs even at international science seminars, making us the laughingstock of the entire world.” Under Modi, a Hindu Nationalist Surge Has Further Divided India 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The catch was that Rivers would work for Donald Sterling, widely regarded as one of the league’s worst owners, which only raised the stakes: Rivers could attempt to transform a laughingstock into a contender. Life after the presidency: Doc Rivers lost some power, and everybody won 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z He was the Mavericks’ franchise player for nearly two decades, and the organization rose from laughingstock to perennial contender. Perspective | Dirk Nowitzki deserves every cheer, even if he’s not certain this is goodbye 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Cheer him for what he did here, the central character in the Nats’ turn from 100-loss laughingstocks to perennial playoff contenders? Perspective | Bryce Harper with the Phillies? Get used to it, Nats fans, because you will be seeing a lot of him. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Brown on Monday reiterated that this was uncharted territory for his peers, and that’s really the only explanation for the Kings descending into laughingstock status in the NHL. What we learned from the Kings’ 6-1 loss to Carolina 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles Clippers are no longer the laughingstock of the NBA. Clippers broadcast jokes that Robert "Tractor" Traylor is playing in Over-40 YMCA league, forgets that Traylor's been dead since 2011 - Golf Digest 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z McCarthy, who says that the mayor made him a scapegoat in the case, has raised a million dollars while calling the city a “laughingstock.” In the Chicago Mayor’s Race, a Slew of Outsiders Face the City’s Establishment 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Trump’s ongoing spelling troubles prompted George Conway, husband of Trump’s chief strategist, to ponder “how much of a laughingstock” Trump has become. Opinion | Trump is a slapstick genius for the comically disastrous way he runs the country 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Think of how much of a laughingstock a president has to become to have *Burger King* make fun of him. Analysis | The Daily 202: The 11 GOP senators who broke with Trump over relaxing sanctions against a Putin-linked oligarch 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “There is an urgency to get things back on track. Our country is a laughingstock right now.” Iowa Democrats fill events to the rafters with 13 months left before the 2020 caucuses 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z As Politico noted this week, “It’s a different story under Trump. A job that was once a ticket to Washington royalty has recently become a laughingstock.” Trump pretends his search for a chief of staff is going well (it's not) 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z They were a laughingstock of a franchise before Lewis arrived, and he deserves tremendous credit for raising the expectations to the point that their inability to win in the postseason has become the issue. Analysis | Which NFL coaches have made their jobs more secure, and which haven’t? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But what if we could use Trump’s status as international laughingstock to America’s advantage? Opinion | Trump is a slapstick genius for the comically disastrous way he runs the country 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s worth recalling that Roy Moore was both unpopular with the Republican establishment and a national laughingstock for weeks leading up to the Alabama election last year. Cindy Hyde-Smith and the True Winner in Mississippi’s Senate Race 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “We went from being the laughingstock of the school,” offensive tackle Matt Blades said, “to region champions.” Chesapeake’s playoff run ends with a thud, but the Cougars see even brighter days ahead 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Florida became the laughingstock of the world during the chaotic recount that decided the presidency. Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis certified as victors of Florida races after recounts 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “We have been the laughingstock of the world, election after election, and we chose not to fix this,” Walker said in court. Bill Nelson concedes Florida Senate race to Rick Scott after manual recount 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Judge Mark Walker even referred to Florida as “the laughingstock of the world.” Recount adds to Florida’s reputation for bungling elections 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z “We have been the laughingstock of the world, election after election,” Judge Mark E. Walker of the Federal District Court in Tallahassee told lawyers Thursday morning. Recount Ordered in Florida Senate Race as Governor’s Contest Nears End 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Judge Walker did brush aside a broader request from Mr. Nelson’s attorneys to extend Florida’s 3 p.m. for the deadline on reporting the machine recounts, calling the state “a laughingstock,” in remarks from the bench. Rick Scott declares victory after Florida recount in Senate race 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The 76ers were a laughingstock, a punch line, and they stuck to their convictions because they believed it would work. On Basketball: Butler, 76ers have time to figure things out 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Lewis’s detractors always must keep in mind that he inherited a laughingstock of a team and transformed it into an annual contender and regular postseason participant. Analysis | These NFL head coaches are in the greatest danger of being fired 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Welcome to revenge, boys, six years after Virginia became a national laughingstock as a cabal of male legislators in its House of Delegates tried to enact government-sponsored transvaginal probes. Perspective | Virginia women are staging a political takeover. It feels like a Taylor Swift revenge song. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z After years of complaining that this country is the world’s laughingstock, the president finally demonstrated the truth of that claim when a recent self-aggrandizing speech of his provoked laughter at the U.N. All eyes on Nevada: A chance to swing the Senate 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Get the Champagne chilled so Memphis can celebrate not being a laughingstock anymore. The Golden State Warriors and the 14 Teams Chasing Them 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The reaction was the worst one imaginable for a president who has often ridiculed his predecessor for being gullible and making the United States into a laughingstock for the rest of the world. 5 Takeaways From Trump’s News Conference at the United Nations 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z In 2014, Trump tweeted, "We need a President who isn't a laughingstock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!" Trump to meet with Netanyahu, chair Security Council meeting 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z In 2014, Trump tweeted, “We need a President who isn’t a laughingstock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!” Trump to meet with Netanyahu, chair Security Council meeting 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z In 2014, Trump tweeted, “We need a President who isn’t a laughingstock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!” Trump to meet with Netanyahu, chair Security Council meeting 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In his stump speeches at home, Trump often laments that the United States is “the laughingstock of the world.” Trump’s Speech at the U.N. Triggers Laughter—and Disbelief 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In 2014, Trump tweeted "We need a President who isn't a laughingstock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!" Trump challenges UN, boasting of America's go-it-alone might 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z For the rest of the world, President Donald Trump’s America is a laughingstock, not a leader. Trump is a laughingstock. But if we'd not be laughing, we'd be crying | Michael H Fuchs 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z More than any other two individuals, they were responsible for Pittsburgh’s turnaround from laughingstock to short-lived championship contender. A Bond Forged in Pittsburgh Is Renewed in a Yankees Playoff Chase 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z I believe he also suggested that such flip-flopping of rules rendered the Senate more than ever a laughingstock among legislative bodies. Opinion | Looks like this Democrat regrets upending the filibuster rule 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “We were, from my perspective, the laughingstock of American cities when it came it epidemiology.” Science candidates are on the ballot next week in three states 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Swearinger said the goal is to be one of the top defenses in the league and “not the laughingstock of the conference.” Redskins set goal of being a top defense and ‘not the laughingstock of the conference’ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But the last week or two, the laughingstock Rapids managed to string some decent matches together and have actually moved ahead of the Sounders in the Western Conference standings. No laughing matter: struggling Sounders face a former MLS cellar dwellar that’s showing signs of life 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Did they want to continue being a laughingstock in front of their own fans or did they want to beat one of the Word Cup favorites? Russia provides another improbable World Cup surprise with elimination of Spain In Washington, he will be remembered as the intense, shaggy, beloved, relentless, fascinating figure who turned the Nationals from a laughingstock into an annual contender. Perspective | Jayson Werth, long the shaggy-haired soul of the Nationals, retires at 39 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Russia’s World Cup soccer team, metamorphosed from national laughingstock to heroes of the motherland in less than a week. Russian fans celebrate once-maligned team as heroes 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Mark Sanford blew up his marriage and became a national laughingstock when he sneaked off his job as South Carolina governor for a tryst with his Argentine lover. It's Trump's Republican Party now — and woe to any who object 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z You realize, almost immediately, that you’ll be a laughingstock and a byword across the N.B.A. for at least a few days, no matter the result of the overtime to come. J. R. Smith and the Perils of Playing with LeBron 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Such decisions had made Pruitt and the EPA “a laughingstock,” he added. Scott Pruitt admits top aide helped him search for housing but ‘on personal time’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z I don’t think it’s hard to make fun of the biggest laughingstocks in the world who are in the news all day long. John Mulaney Thinks Comics Should Take the Gloves Off 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The laughingstock Miami Marlins are trying to get out of a local lawsuit by claiming the franchise is actually headquartered in the British Virgin Islands. Don King plans to call the event ‘Bare knuckles and turnbuckles’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Desmond, who helped turn the Nationals from laughingstock to pennant contender, was back in very familiar territory. Ian Desmond returns to his old haunts 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The proposal made Vasconcellos a laughingstock until a panel of University of California psychologists validated the idea. Review | Why your self-improvement plan may be setting you up to fail 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “I mean, Missouri is a laughingstock nationally right now.” An affair, a photo and a felony charge: Missouri’s governor is waging a campaign for political survival 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But Khan credits Caldwell for drafting and assembling much of the roster that turn a laughingstock into a contender, earning the team’s first home playoff game since 2000. Jags give 2-year extensions to Marrone, Coughlin, Caldwell 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z But, he added, “adulating China is an ideological affirmation that makes a laughingstock of the Church.” Worries Rise as Pope and China Edge Closer to Deal on Bishops 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Now he’s the starting point guard, and the Knights are no longer the county laughingstock. Boys’ basketball notebook: Carroll continues turnaround season despite controversial loss 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Republican state Sen. Todd Weiler of Woods Cross says the “whole thing was a public-relations nightmare and kind of made Utah the laughingstock of the nation.” Utah lawmakers push to erase ‘porn czar’ job from state code 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Khan used a moment that could have been all about how he turned around a laughingstock franchise and sent a bigger message. Perspective | Jaguars owner Shahid Khan proves to be the exception in more ways than one among NFL owners 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Yet with repeated attacks on “so-called” judges, the “fake news” media, the “laughingstock” justice system, Congress and agencies of his own government, critics say Mr. Trump has degraded the credibility of major institutions. For Trump, a Year of Reinventing the Presidency 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z “I, Tonya” is funny when it wants to be, poignant when it needs to be and surprisingly effective in harnessing these deeper themes to a character who might otherwise be dismissed as a lightweight laughingstock. Review | ‘I, Tonya’ presents a sympathetic — and scathingly funny — portrait of Tonya Harding 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The Bengals may end up appreciating what they had in Lewis as their coach if they return to their status as a league laughingstock after he leaves. Analysis | NFL Power Rankings, Week 15: Big win in Pittsburgh puts the Patriots back on top 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Mired in a search that has transformed this once-proud program into a national laughingstock, the Volunteers have released their own version of “The Disaster Artist.” Column: Tennessee will need years to recover from past week 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Most of the village tries to turn Nora into a laughingstock, and her sons start getting bullied at school, which puts her at a crossroads: To persist or not? Review | ‘The Divine Order’ revisits how women in Switzerland secured the right to vote 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z His $126 million contract was outrageous, but it marked the franchise’s first step from laughingstock to perennial contender. Colin Kaepernick, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving all deserve thanks 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In less than a year, they have gone from a laughingstock to a playoff contender. How the Rams Went From Laughingstock to Contenders 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Not only the Chinese, but the Japanese, the Koreans and any world leader knows how to treat Trump, like the chump he is, the laughingstock that now represents the most powerful nation on Earth. Wooing Trump, Xi Jinping Seeks Great Power Status for China 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “The person becomes the laughingstock of the village.” India turns to public shaming to get people to use its 52 million new toilets 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Take that in: a U.S. president calling the criminal justice system a “joke” and a “laughingstock.” Opinion | Our criminal justice system is not a ‘joke.’ Yet. 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The day after the attack, Trump called the criminal justice system a “joke’’ and “a laughingstock.’ Trump speaks, but prosecutors may not listen 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z While Trump may believe the U.S. criminal-justice system is “a joke” and “a laughingstock,” as he declared Wednesday in making his case, nothing could be further from the truth — especially in terrorism cases. Opinion | Sending the New York terrorism suspect to Guantanamo is a horrible idea 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Trump also said the criminal justice system is “a laughingstock” in how suspects are prosecuted and added that keeping the country safe will require “unflinching devotion to our law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence professionals.” Trump seizes on N.Y. attack to push immigration and vetting policies 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z He also dismissed the disclosure that he introduced Papadopoulos to a “female Russian national,” calling the allegation a “laughingstock.” Professor at center of Russia disclosures claimed to have met with Putin 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Our criminal justice system is a treasure, not a laughingstock. Opinion | Our criminal justice system is not a ‘joke.’ Yet. 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z What the Nationals are within the industry of baseball is a laughingstock – and the dismissal of Baker only adds to that, because everyone in the business knows that this was an ownership driven move. Dusty Baker’s ouster came from the top 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z When he signed with Washington, he was a laughingstock. Jayson Werth’s Nationals tenure might be over: ‘I’m proud to call myself a National.’ 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Memphis upset Mississippi on the way to nine wins, and former laughingstock Temple won 10 games and basked in the national spotlight of hosting ESPN’s “College GameDay” before a marquee night game against Notre Dame. AAC football is finding a level of its own 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z These programs have plenty in common - both are elite academic institutions with football teams that have transformed from one-time laughingstocks to respectable programs that are at least annually in the bowl conversation. Duke hosts Northwestern in an ACC-Big Ten matchup 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The NFL “disciplinary” system has become crudity dressed up as legality, a show court, a laughingstock. Perspective | Only Roger Goodell could turn Ezekiel Elliott into a sympathetic figure 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The Bengals missed the playoffs last season and everyone seemed to forget what a laughingstock the team was before Marvin Lewis took over as coach. Analysis | 2017 NFL Power Rankings: The New England Patriots have lapped the field 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z It wasn’t long ago these teams were the laughingstocks of the nation. The Pacific Northwest could have its best football season in a generation. Are you ready? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z But within several years after getting the Constitution approved and facing down an armed revolt in the Russian parliament, Yeltsin had become a laughingstock, especially as his public deterioration became more visible. President John Kelly? Trump’s Yeltsin moment 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Arizona was long considered a laughingstock of ineptitude. HOF Series: Warner takes improbable journey to Hall of Fame 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Yet not every older rapper is being viewed as a laughingstock. At FYF Fest and elsewhere, hip-hop embraces middle age 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z His answer: “I think we are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point.” Republican Party, Iran, Kermit the Frog: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The U.S. government’s top ethics watchdog chief, who is stepping down Tuesday, said the country is “pretty close to a laughingstock at this point.” John McCain, Donald Trump, North Korea: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z He is making America the laughingstock of the world with his inappropriate tweets and behavior, even in critically important world settings. Opinion | Tired of the Trump circus act 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Nice try, lumping Jackson’s tenure on the championship teams with his three-year stewardship of a laughingstock. Phil Jackson’s exit none too soon for this Knicks fan 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z His White House is gripped by crisis and scandal; there are credible allegations that Trump personally obstructed justice; and his presidency is an international laughingstock. Reflecting on his record, Trump is convinced of his own awesomeness 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z If America’s leader constantly presents himself as an internet troll and laughingstock, he shouldn’t expect the world to respect him. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z He claimed the Paris Agreement would make America the laughingstock of the world, costing the country 2.7 million jobs. Factcheck Shows Trump's Climate Speech Was Full of Misleading Statements 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z A respected German newsweekly said America under Trump was a “laughingstock,” and called for his removal from office. From a friendly Mideast, Trump arrives in a skeptical Europe 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The leaning tower is now a tourist attraction and laughingstock on which the Italian government spends millions of dollars to prevent its fall. Trump’s plan for a border wall is literally on shaky ground 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z And until the Browns find that long-term answer at quarterback, they’ll continue to be looked at as a laughingstock. NFL draft: Browns still searching for franchise quarterback 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Fisher, 72, announced his retirement from coaching after spending 18 seasons at San Diego State, which he turned from a laughingstock into a West Coast power. Juventus Puts Barcelona in Another Big Champions League Hole 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The city assessment of the 18-member department found low morale, reports of a hostile work environment and an opinion of some officers that the department is a “laughingstock.” Devils Lake police chief, top captain suspended by city 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z And it’s definitely not going back to the days when fires on the river flowing into the lake made Cleveland a laughingstock. Editorials from around Ohio 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Laboring for one of the league’s biggest laughingstocks can’t be any fun, no matter the size of their direct deposits. Kirk Cousins sees deal as the business proposition it is 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The difference is that the Knicks have won two championships – both in the 1970s – and are a perennial laughingstock. Analysis | Just when it seemed the Lakers could go no lower, they somehow did 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Trump already had fragments of what would become campaign lines: The United States is “the laughingstock of the world.” Opinion | Trump’s takeover of conservatism is complete 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z During the Presidential campaign, Trump delighted in saying that Putin was a superior leader who had turned the Obama Administration into a “laughingstock.” Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Obama restored our dignity and Trump has already made us a laughingstock. 2016 in Charts. (And Can Trump Deliver in 2017?) 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z During the 2012 presidential election, Perry became a political laughingstock when he couldn’t remember during a debate that the Department of Energy was one of the federal agencies he wished to eliminate. The worst Cabinet: Donald Trump made some horrible picks for his government 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Now the laughingstock holds the fate of Mr. Obama’s legacy in his hands. Obama’s Policies and Broader Vision Face Reckoning With History 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z His ingenuity, coupled with chairman Tom Ricketts’s deep pockets, helped transform the Cubs from a laughingstock into a juggernaut. Chicago Cubs Win the World Series, Ending 108-Year Drought 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “The Americans say this and say that, but their so-called democratic election is the international laughingstock,” a poster who identified himself as a twenty-three-year-old from Hebei Province wrote. What China Sees in Donald Trump—and in Itself 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Trump has made the party a laughingstock among the young, a toxic brand among minorities, an offense to many women, and a source of worry among U.S. allies and alarm among national security professionals. Donald Trump is right: The GOP is utterly pathetic 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “When I signed here, it was like the laughingstock of baseball. People were saying I committed career suicide,” Werth said. Jayson Werth, ‘a calming influence,’ leads the Nationals into the postseason 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z David Litt, a former speechwriter for Mr. Obama, remembered thinking that evening that Mr. Trump had been destroyed politically, rendered a laughingstock. Obama’s Policies and Broader Vision Face Reckoning With History 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z “The phoney Electoral College made a laughingstock out of our nation,” Trump tweeted. How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “I think that’s what gave our organization and our team a bad rap. Everybody was like, ‘This is the laughingstock of the league; they’re just a joke, so how can you take them seriously?’ Forget about wins and losses. Can a fresh start make the Wizards fun again? 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “If DePaul does not reverse its decision to ban Ben, it must immediately remove any claim to support free speech and expression from its website and marketing materials or become a fraudulent laughingstock.” Ben Shapiro banned from DePaul University over security concerns: report 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z More than anything, though, Maimane laments the decline of a party that was once the pride of Africa, and which has now become its laughingstock. Meet the South African Politician Who's Been Compared to Barack Obama—But Prefers Bill Clinton 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “Europe would be a laughingstock if, after such a decision, it were to say that you have as much time to think it over as you wish,” he added. As Britain looks to new leader, a jolt of pressure to speed Brexit 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z “We are an international laughingstock. This lot are a bunch of jokers,” said Leonie Greene, 43, gesturing toward the Houses of Parliament. Thousands march in London to protest 'Brexit' vote 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The Habs had roared out of the gates with a lengthy winning streak, but losing Price flipped them from legitimate Cup contenders to league laughingstock in short order. NHL superlatives: hockey's best, worst, saddest and strangest of 2015-16 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z If this is his final year in Congress, it’s a shame the GOP senator is going out as something of a laughingstock. Grassley sees a bizarre equivalence between Trump, Sotomayor 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Environmental regulation offers a more promising target for Mr. Trump, who has called the Environmental Protection Agency a laughingstock and a disgrace, and has promised to cut its budget. Economic Promises a President Trump Could (and Couldn’t) Keep 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “The league will be a laughingstock, and I will be in front of the line laughing the loudest. Why are we always trying to change and adjust the game?” Larry Bird and Reggie Miller Consider the Four-Pointer 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z “Many must be seeing us as a laughingstock.” Brazilian Speaker, in About-Face, Won’t Annul Rousseff’s Impeachment 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z When Ernie Grunfeld sketched the blueprint for the Washington Wizards’ gradual transformation from laughingstock to contender, he didn’t envision hoisting the championship trophy this June. Ernie Grunfeld explains why this Wizards season was a ‘bump in the road’ 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z “We’re not treating him like the laughingstock that Republican establishment folks treated him for far too long.” Obama wades deeper into the 2016 presidential campaign 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z "I've never been a part of a team that was the laughingstock of a conference like we were our first two years." USC must stop Providence's Kris Dunn in NCAA opener 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It is stunning that it even comes to that — that the Lerners have not already made a long-term investment in the man who changed the perception that the Nationals were the laughingstock of the game. LOVERRO: Nationals would be wise to extend Mike Rizzo’s tenure as GM 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The loopholes advocated by Mr. Norment constitute a large step backward, and, if they become law, the beginning of a resurrection of the very attitude toward ethics that made Richmond a national laughingstock. Virginia’s Senate wants to re-gift itself looser ethics laws 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The ridiculous posture leaves Grassley in the unenviable position of becoming a laughingstock for the ages. 'I'm here to do my job,' says senator who isn't doing his job 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Trump goes into New Hampshire’s primary and several subsequent states with a broad lead in most polls — all on the strength of his argument that the U.S. is a weakened laughingstock. Is Donald Trump the poster boy for white male privilege? 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z “People in Chile now see the commission as a laughingstock, and I cannot pretend the commission means anything unless he sacks Barros.” Vatican panel kicks off meeting on sexual abuse by watching 'Spotlight' 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Chaika’s florid denial of these accusations, in which he hints at a CIA plot to discredit him, has since made him the laughingstock of Russia’s blogosphere. Pussy Riot's New Video Targets Corruption in Putin's Russia 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But for Americans watching, it was useful proof that Trump is a reviled and preposterous figure to our most important ally and that America would be the laughingstock of the world if we elect him. Donald Trump stirs up the bile of the British 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z The candidate with the strongest name recognition and record of official endorsements has become a near laughingstock in the polls. US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The laughingstock is suddenly on the other foot. Redskins display a quality elusive to their struggles: Poise under pressure 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Boston went from last-place laughingstock to champion the next season. The humbling of Mike Rizzo and the Nationals 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Could they value some continuity with the people who helped them grow from laughingstock to contender? Likely candidates to replace fired Nationals Manager Matt Williams 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z I feel like we’re all working towards that common goal of not being a laughingstock of the NFL, not getting booed in our home stadium. Newest Redskins have a new rule: do not mention the past 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z But first, this: A jubilant display from a franchise reinvigorated, a laughingstock no more. Mets Clinch 1st Playoff Spot Since ‘06 By Beating Reds, 10-2 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Or else Washington become an even bigger laughingstock, which hardly seems possible. Kirk Cousins should be the Redskins’ starting quarterback 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Some success, indeed — the Tigers were a laughingstock before the arrival of Dombrowski, who won two pennants and the last four American League Central titles. A Time for the Red Sox to Reflect on Dubious Decisions 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Democrats are all too happy to let the spotlight stay off the field’s extraordinary amount of well-qualified Republican candidates and keep shining on the party’s laughingstock. The best things that happened to Democrats and Republicans this week 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Until they do, however, the Republican Party threatens to become as much of a laughingstock as what David Letterman used to call “that thing on Donald Trump’s head.” Donald Trump: A farce to be reckoned with 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z In a different scene, the addition of a short, stocky woman as a laughingstock among a bevy of willowy chorus girls seems meanspirited. Get-Rich Scheme Goes Comically Awry in ‘The Producers’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z "However, inform them that should I become President, those days are over. We are bringing jobs back to the U.S. Also, a meaningful border will be immediately created, not the laughingstock that currently exists." Teed off at Univision, Trump drives dispute off course 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Pretending the case is anything but a laughingstock is, at this point, simply impossible. The importance of setting Sessions straight 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Illinois is an economic laughingstock because of Democrats doing the same thing over and over again. Excerpts from editorials by Illinois newspapers 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Curry is now the MVP, and the Warriors, no longer the lowly laughingstock from his rookie season, won a league-best 67 games. On eve of NBA Finals, Stephen Curry ready for his superstar moments 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Whatever the window may be, coaches and players need to remove their muzzles and save their league from becoming a complete laughingstock before it’s too late. Time for WNBA's players and coaches to speak out against Isiah Thomas hire 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z "I don't want to turn it into a laughingstock," Ewing said. Flint ballot mix-up spurs 'Giggles the Pig' write-in effort 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Led by Paul, they showed toughness and resolve, and after decades of futility as the N.B.A.’s resident laughingstock, the Clippers made a statement on Saturday about their future. Clippers and Chris Paul Survive the Spurs With Trust, Toughness and Resolve 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The Miami Marlins were a laughingstock for the first two weeks of the season, but they’re all smiles now. Giancarlo Stanton’s triple, blunder highlight Marlins’ sweep of Nationals 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z As they grew accustomed to constant, doting care, complacent indolence overtook their competitive edge, and the dogs quickly became a laughingstock. European Advertising Mogul Ivan Stankovic On Leadership Through Unusual Times 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Instead, within days it became a laughingstock — a “technoturkey,” in the words of some of its critics. 25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond Troubled Start 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Sure, this team has gone from laughingstock to competitive over the past several years. LOVERRO: Wizards would be wise to consider John Calipari as coach 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “He said your hometown is about to be the laughingstock of Western civilization,” Horany said. AP Exclusive: Watershed kids book freshened up 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z It is not surprising that Kristol played a hand in bringing Cotton’s letter to fruition and establishing Cotton’s national reputation as a laughingstock. Tom Cotton’s political nightmare: How we know for sure his letter was a failure 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Since 2009, Harris helped to transform the Lions from a winless laughingstock to this year’s 11-5 playoff team—its best season in twenty-three years. Football’s Quiet Farewell to James Harris 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z What some news consumers may not realize, however, is that Feith was a national laughingstock during his tenure in the Bush/Cheney administration, getting practically everything about U.S. policy in Iraq backwards. Feith lectures Obama on national security 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z “They made a laughingstock of us” when Jean was kidnapped, Agnes said, her mascara dissolving in tears. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z "I thought I might end up being the laughingstock of the city." Ice bikes gain traction in bitterly cold Buffalo, New York 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z But of course he did intend to question Obama’s motives, heart, patriotism and legitimacy, albeit in a self-destructive, laughingstock kind of way. Deranged by Obama, Republicans are spouting nonsense 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Jorge Giordani, one of the late president’s top economic advisers, said this month that Venezuela was emerging as Latin America’s “laughingstock,” citing corruption and labyrinthine bureaucracy as factors accentuating the economic quagmire. Amid Venezuela’s Economic Chaos, a Political Crackdown 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Hogan considers the rain tax a “universally despised” tax that made Maryland a national laughingstock. Tax Reform Needs to Rain Down on Maryland 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In an interview published Monday, former economy chief Jorge Giordani said the government's refusal to acknowledge the mounting crisis is turning the country into the "laughingstock" of Latin America. Venezuela begins 'occupation' of private supermarket chain 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Rather than stumbling into laughingstock territory, the General Assembly would do well to censure and marginalize Mr. Morrissey. Del. Joseph Morrissey is an embarrassment to Virginia’s General Assembly 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Compare and contrast that with Marc Trestman, who turned the Bears into a national laughingstock with his and Emery’s ideas of assistant coaches. John Fox is coming back to sign his Bears contract, right? Right? 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z They apparently wanted to cement their home, just outside Richmond, firmly in place as an American laughingstock. Joe Morrissey: An embarrassment that Virginia voters support — and deserve 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z He apologized the day after he became a global laughingstock, but it only made himself sound more ludicrous. Kirby Delauter and Joe Morrissey: Dumb and dumber 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z When your bill is a laughingstock on the left and on the right, it’s probably not going anywhere – except, maybe, in the great red state of Oklahoma. Out-there state legislation of 2015 (so far): Oklahoma hoodies 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The culture they’ve created is not just a losing one but a laughingstock. Washington Redskins are the victims of top-down organizational dysfunction 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Michigan is ready to end its run as the league laughingstock. Jim Harbaugh belongs at Michigan after he and 49ers part ways 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z To think, Trestman wrote a book about leadership, and here he is, writing the text for turning a once-proud franchise into a national laughingstock. Another slice of the miserable Marc Trestman experience 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The management of Pac-12 football continues to be a laughingstock. Letters: Matt Kemp trade leaves them blue 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z If there’s a passion at the top of this laughingstock to be champions, I’ve missed it. Jay Cutler could add 'GM killer' to his resume 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z That he stumbled in his personal life, and stumbled often, in ways that made him a national, even global laughingstock, was beside the point. Marion Barry was the everyman’s champion, staunch supporters proclaim He fretted that the United States was becoming a laughingstock abroad and that America's adversaries, including Islamic extremists, will be tempted to confront the USA because the nation's leaders seem so divided and weak. American Angst: Voters Worry About Their Country 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The governor once was considered a shoo-in for a second term, while his opponent was considered a laughingstock for losing badly for governor six years ago. News Guide: Colorado's 2014 Elections 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z "We are the laughingstock of college football right now and deservedly so." Southeastern Conference has a nightmare of a day 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z But the lure of Maddon, who steered the Rays from laughingstock to the World Series, was too much. With Apologies, Cubs Replace Manager 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z He helped turn a Nets franchise he called last year “bottom of the barrel” and a “laughingstock” into one that would reach consecutive NBA Finals and become a consistent winner in the Eastern Conference. Kidd can draw on underdog experience with Bucks 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Flustered with indignation, he said, “We were once a powerful nation and a big player in the region. Look at us now — even tiny Bahrain is bombing us. We’ve become a laughingstock.” Syrians on Both Sides Oppose U.S. Strikes 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The Raiders have become sports’ biggest laughingstock since the Los Angeles Clippers perennially failed to field competitive teams. SNYDER: Pondering Buck Showalter’s work, Nats’ status as favorites and more 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The problem, of course, is that the FEC is a political laughingstock and incapable of reaching agreement on any major issues. The Public Wants Clear Rules About Campaign Giving Through Tax-Exempts. Is It Possible? 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In fact, the governor is right: Thanks to the McDonnell affair, Virginia has become a national laughingstock. Virginia’s new ethics reform commission is a welcome step The good fortunes for the vacation giant that was so recently a laughingstock surprised not just analysts, but Carnival itself. A year after the “poop cruise,” Carnival is having one of its best sales years yet Dan Newman, a spokesman for Brown’s campaign, said in an email that Kashkari is “at risk of changing from unknown to mocked, from afterthought to laughingstock.” Kashkari aims to unify GOP after weekend divisions 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z And then by virtue of a trade that initially made Paulson a laughingstock, Fed officials 99% of the time wouldn’t know which markets faced potential trouble as is. Stanley Fischer's 'Systemic Risk' Hubris Sets The Stage For The Next Fed-Created Crisis 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The usually stalwart Giants had become a national laughingstock, an easy target for late-night television comedians and a frequent punching bag on sports-talk radio. Giants Enter 2014 With Overhauled Roster and Pass-Friendly Offense 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z That’s just part of the reason Sterling was long considered one of the worst owners in sports and his team one of its biggest laughingstocks. NBA, Clippers eager for Sterling out, Ballmer in 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z His odds in 2016 would seem to be long; the path from laughingstock to front-runner is rocky and circuitous. Immigration crisis at the forefront, Rick Perry seeks a revival 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Can Rick Perry – the one-time laughingstock who couldn't overcome uncountable gaffes and wildly uneven stump performances to become the Republican nominee in 2012 – be the Republican party's great red hope in 2016? Rick Perry just might be the lunatic the GOP is looking for in 2016 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Whatever laughingstock reputation that Sabres established in being the league’s worst team last season certainly didn’t reflect in how popular they were among established free agents. Sabres rebuild with flurry of free-agent additions 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to talk about this because we have become a laughingstock,” said one Ghanaian journalist, who asked not to be identified. World Cup 2014: African Soccer Overshadowed by Protests 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Were he to lose early, guess who will be a laughingstock and guess who will need a police escort out of the country? Andy Murray on the defense: His natural state at Wimbledon 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z And the Clippers once again become the laughingstock of the league they were for so much of Sterling's tenure as owner. 5 things to look for in the LA Clippers sale, suit 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z And the Clippers once again become the laughingstock of the league they were for so much of Sterling’s tenure as owner. 5 things to look for in the LA Clippers sale, suit 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z On May 5, 1994, the ambassador from Nigeria, Ibrahim Gambari, who was then leader of the Security Council, warned that it needed to do something very soon; otherwise, it would be a “laughingstock.” U.N. Cables Reveal a Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Once a laughingstock, the U.S. squad is now well-respected — and facing increased expectations as a result. World Cup in 1994 gave U.S. soccer the kick in the pants it needed 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Granted, the Clippers are no longer the laughingstock of a franchise that managed six winning seasons in its first 41 years of existence. Column: Clippers’ bid makes no sense _ or cents 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z An organization that used to be a laughingstock evolved into a winner and a model of professionalism. Grunfeld, Wittman, Wizards came through And remember, Ailes dumped Glenn Beck when he became a laughingstock and a liability for the network, and for conservatism. Fox News’ new laughingstock: Cliven Bundy — and Stephen Colbert — will destroy Sean Hannity 2014-04-25T16:10:00Z Now he’s experiencing his 15 minutes as a national laughingstock. Here’s the latest news on the ridiculous Cliven Bundy 2014-04-25T12:50:00Z After winning their division and making a promising playoff run last year, they’ve taken two, maybe three giant steps back into laughingstock land. I Was Raised on Spike Lee Joints, But He’s Doing More Harm Than Good 2014-03-01T05:01:59Z The following year the Tea Party offered up Herman Cain, whose laughingstock presidential campaign propelled him to a gig flogging erectile-dysfunction pills. GOP Prepares a Triple Threat 2014-01-28T10:50:23Z But the Mariners are already a laughingstock, so why be concerned with perception? Is Robinson Cano deal a breakthrough or just a break from the norm? 2013-12-12T03:12:24Z A day after calling the team “a laughingstock,” he managed a smile. Sports of The Times: Longing for the Days When the Knicks Electrified a City 2013-12-06T07:44:56Z Jason Kidd, the Nets coach, noted this week that “both teams stink,” while Anthony acknowledged that the Knicks were seen as a laughingstock. Knicks 113, Nets 83: Knicks Find Remedy Across River, Pounding the Nets 2013-12-06T04:04:40Z “We’re the laughingstock of the league right now,” Anthony said earlier this week. Playing Better as a Team Lessens Anthony’s Burden 2013-12-06T04:18:46Z Carmelo Anthony used the word “laughingstock” to describe how his team was viewed around the league. Kidd Reticent on Demotion of Assistant 2013-12-05T03:49:56Z North failed to get a win in Week 1, but Cincinnati, long the laughingstock, looked like the best of the bunch. Day’s Best in the N.F.L. 2013-09-16T03:39:02Z Stephen Conroy, a former communications minister, assailed the rule changes and warned that any protracted contest risked making Labor into a “laughingstock.” Australian Politician Seeks to Take Over Labor Party 2013-09-12T07:24:24Z What they discovered, he said, was that Mr. Weiner “has too much baggage to be a mayor of a city; it would be the laughingstock of the world.” In the Misbehavior of Others, Quinn Sees an Opportunity to Set Herself Apart 2013-07-27T01:01:26Z It would have been the companion piece to the 2002 tie in Milwaukee, another laughingstock moment. Mariano Rivera steals spotlight in All-Star Game 2013-07-17T05:07:59Z The cellular network of the United States is a laughingstock versus Asia’s or Europe’s coverage. Rising interest rates could mean the window to fix infrastructure on the cheap is closing 2013-07-12T14:34:00Z They would continue to be a laughingstock, on New Jersey landfill or over rail yards in Brooklyn. On Pro Basketball: Nets’ N.B.A. Star, Barclays Center, Lures Others 2013-06-28T18:13:08Z Twelve years ago, the Nets acquired Kidd from the Phoenix Suns and were instantly transformed, from a laughingstock to a title contender. Nets Reach Into Past and Make Kidd Coach 2013-06-13T02:25:13Z It is a five-year deal that includes a minority ownership stake in the franchise Saunders helped turn from a laughingstock into a consistent winner. Roundup: Pacers Advance in N.B.A. Playoffs 2013-05-04T04:37:45Z The Jets are considered by many a laughingstock, one big circus which ranks up there with the Bronx Zoo Yankees, the Isiah Thomas Knicks and the late Al Davis' Raiders. J-E-T-S went from Super Bowl contenders to M-E-S-S 2012-12-21T23:37:08Z The oldest team ever assembled was the preseason laughingstock, the Bad News Bears meets the Space Cowboys. Are the Knicks This Good? Basketball Die-Hards Weigh In 2012-12-08T05:44:48Z P.S.G. is doing things the other way around; it is the laughingstock of French soccer but a group winner in Europe. Global Soccer: 2 Financial Giants Take 2 Different Approaches to Season 2012-12-05T11:35:14Z “We were the laughingstock of Brooklyn,” Clark said. A 179-62 Blowout That L.I.U. and Medgar Evers Wish to Forget 2012-11-26T01:54:50Z This is how, according to Coach Steve Davenport, the school is going to “strengthen itself for the future,” by becoming a national laughingstock and subjecting its players to this sort of humiliation? Savannah State had no business playing Florida State, Oklahoma State 2012-09-09T23:33:58Z From the time the team was founded in 1946 until Modell bought it in 1961 — a prosperous era in which Cleveland was nobody’s laughingstock — the Browns were the best team in American sports. Cheering Section: A City’s Heartbreak Outlives Its Source 2012-09-08T17:32:12Z “I don’t like to see that we are a laughingstock,” said its most renowned football alumnus, Shannon Sharpe, a Hall of Fame tight end. Savannah State Hopes Payments Outweigh Likely Losses 2012-08-31T01:02:06Z The city was a baseball laughingstock for most of the last century. Capital Ideas: Why Washington Is Doing So Well 2012-08-04T16:34:05Z That is mediocre, but a slight improvement on laughingstock, and they still on pace to lose nearly 100 games. Rockies Reinvent Their Pitching Rotation 2012-07-14T17:18:15Z The Wizards have attempted to make moves to take the franchise further away from league-wide laughingstock status, and owner Ted Leonsis recently stated that he doesn’t “want to be in the lottery anymore.” John Wall thinks Wizards can make playoffs 2012-07-11T00:30:18Z Beal said he was too focused on his freshman season at Florida to notice that the Wizards had emerged as somewhat of a league-wide laughingstock last season. Bradley Beal to wear different number in NBA 2012-06-28T13:50:46Z In the years that followed, Itanium became an industry laughingstock, even as its backers poured more than $15 billion into the chip. The Ellison Files: Oracle Strikes Back 2012-05-16T10:09:10Z Nike just turned us into the laughingstock of the league. Fans' opinions hardly uniform about Seahawks' new clothes 2012-04-21T17:36:00Z These two underachievers have made the Seattle Mariners the laughingstock of baseball by peddling mediocrity as the new standard of excellence for the last two decades. What sports readers are saying 2012-04-08T03:13:41Z The Jets stand at this moment as a laughingstock and hopeless, pathetic losers. In-Box: Letters to the Editor 2012-03-24T18:09:11Z Are we going to be the laughingstocks of the world?' Britain awash in gloom as London Olympics approach 2012-03-09T19:30:10Z The United States is the laughingstock of the world.” Scott Ritter?s Other War 2012-02-22T09:59:03Z She felt herself the laughingstock of Europe, and her humiliation was rendered doubly acute by the dignified bearing of the new-born battalions. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Most important, the Cavaliers are no longer a laughingstock. Off the Dribble: Quick Rebound in Cleveland 2012-01-21T18:05:22Z He upended the brain trust that transformed the Colts from league laughingstock to perennial contender, and back again. Citing Need for Change, Colts Part Ways With Bill and Chris Polian 2012-01-03T02:48:08Z Before Robinson arrived in April 2008, the Beavers were the laughingstock of the league. Resurgent Beavers showing teeth 2011-12-28T05:07:04Z Ditto the Titans, says Jim Wyatt in The Tennessean: “Most troubling was the lack of intensity and killer instinct against a team that entered the game as a laughingstock.” Leading Off: Lessons in Losing - Leading Off 2011-12-19T17:59:42Z Steve was fiercely driven, and there’s no way Apple could have possibly gone from laughingstock to “the stock you dream of owning” so swiftly without a relentless, self-confident genius at the helm. The Real Story Behind Apple's 'Think Different' Campaign 2011-12-14T17:20:03Z He acknowledged that his persona as a slightly reckless player pays dividends, too, erasing years of jokes about the Lions as laughingstocks. Ndamukong Suh Pushes Line and Anchors the Detroit Lions 2011-11-24T01:20:30Z Look at the roster: Willis McGahee is the best player on offense now that Brandon Lloyd is gone, and the same defense that was a laughingstock last year has been stalwart. The man behind Tim Tebow: John Fox 2011-11-22T21:23:46Z Both were league laughingstocks a few years ago, with the Lions -- who went 0-16 in the 2008 season -- especially hard to watch. In Detroit, dreams of civic renewal collide with hard realities 2011-11-02T20:49:19Z A year ago the Panthers were the laughingstock of the NFL, finishing last in the league in total offense and last in points scored. Seven games into the NFL season, the Panthers have already scored more TDs than last season 2011-10-24T23:12:08Z The cell system of the United States is a laughingstock versus Asia’s or Europe’s coverage. Repairing infrastructure can help repair economy 2011-10-22T15:43:35Z To be sure you are; and yet there are some dozen of men, no better situated than yourself, who would barter their ears for the chance of being made such laughingstocks for life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z At the court of the Prussian King, pipes were served out to everyone, and the man who felt sick from smoking was the laughingstock of the others. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z This week, the Lions reintroduce themselves to the country, for the first time in decades not as a laughingstock: they play their first Monday night game, against Chicago, since 2001. N.F.L. Fast Forward: Lions Rebuild Team, Psyche in 4-0 Start 2011-10-03T18:10:53Z “Italy is a serious country, and we’re sick of being an international laughingstock,” she said. Memo From Rome: Despite Wiretaps and Economic Woe, Berlusconi Endures 2011-09-21T01:34:48Z “I’m afraid I’m going to be a laughingstock,” he said. The First Day of School Inside 4 New York Schools 2011-09-09T01:25:42Z West is going to field a playoff team that will not be a laughingstock. The Fifth Down: N.F.C. Scouting Report 2011-09-03T23:25:32Z Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughingstock of young and old? Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The play of which he had made a laughingstock had meaning he had never seen till now. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I am tired of California being the laughingstock of late-night jokes. California Counties Talk of Cutting Ties to State 2011-07-13T01:20:22Z He says the Italians are always ready "to dare the undarable," and that they have come to make the enemy whom they hate most of all, the laughingstock of the world. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z It seems almost self-destructive in its potential to turn him into a laughingstock. Tim Pawlenty: The manufactured candidate 2011-06-28T13:01:00Z That’s what happened to the disastrous BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen BlackBerry, whose original version was so buggy and half-baked that it became the laughingstock of the Web. Why Gadgets Flop 2011-06-21T12:15:00.230Z Lerner’s scattershot approach to the managerial search is serving only to turn a once great club into something of a laughingstock. Goal: Aston Villa's Coaching Conundrum 2011-06-15T04:07:44Z The dog had chewed Bull's trousers to ribbons, had broken up the parade, had made Bull the laughingstock of the place and earned him the deathless nickname of "Bull, the Burglar." On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Human Rights Watch said Friday that a chairmanship for Myanmar would reduce the regional bloc, which is known as Asean, to “the laughingstock of intergovernmenmental forums.” Asean Talks Yield Little Movement on Tough Issues 2011-05-08T17:26:18Z The power of positive thinking will not create viable presidential candidates out of Bush-era laughingstocks. John Bolton: I care about things besides bombing Iran 2011-05-06T17:45:00Z "The United States has become the laughingstock and a whipping post to the rest of the world," he began. President Trump? "I'm Very Serious" 2011-04-28T05:45:07Z McCourt has managed, in seven years, to turn it into a laughingstock, and I fully support Selig's efforts to effect a regime change. Funny Giants video, stirring Peguero audio, Dodgers mess, and other Thursday tidbits 2011-04-21T20:27:36Z If they try to dump me to-night I'm going to fool them and I'm going to fix it so that they'll be the laughingstock of the corps. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z I have made you a laughingstock, as I promised, but I am not done with you yet. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z You couldn't make up the tales of excess, infighting and ineptitude that led to a constant turnover in top personnel, both volunteer and salaried, making the organization a global laughingstock. Hersh: U.S. OIympic Committee no longer April fools 2011-04-01T21:46:44Z Despite the state's decades-long generosity, the Obama administration spurned California's "Brother, can you spare a dime?" routine, forcing California to issue IOUs to keep from defaulting and becoming a national laughingstock in the process. Why California should quit the 'dollar zone' 2011-03-20T16:00:00Z He guided the Indians from laughingstock to one victory shy of the World Series. Finding the edge to Mariners manager Eric Wedge 2011-02-27T02:45:10Z You're famous, besides, as the boldest plebe that ever came here; the yearlings are the laughingstock of the place because of you. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he remained in the city for the purpose of making a laughingstock of me.” The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Cleveland, the N.B.A.’s leader in wins last season, desperately needed a victory against the Clippers, a traditional laughingstock. Cavaliers 126, Clippers 119: Cavaliers Fall Just Short of Mark for Futility 2011-02-12T05:00:27Z So they passed off Blandamour's proposal as a joke, and went on together; but all the way they mocked at Braggadochio and made a laughingstock of him. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z In short, he became the laughingstock of the whole company. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z But the news when it spread next morning made them the laughingstock of all creation. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z If he could get those stones, he’d not only have a handsome profit, he’d make a laughingstock of me—what he has sworn to do. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Ms. Savino said that “change will not come from the same broken system” and that Albany had become a “national laughingstock.” City Room: 4 State Senators Split From Democrats 2011-01-05T21:19:35Z Speaking earlier, Ms. Savino said that “change will not come from the same broken system” and that Albany had become a “national laughingstock.” City Room: Four State Senators Bolt Democratic Conference 2011-01-05T17:53:08Z He knows about the revolving door in the front office, the litany of awful draft picks and the poor personnel decisions of the previous administrations that made the Browns a laughingstock in the NFL. Mike Holmgren says he learned from mistakes as Seahawks general manager 2010-12-28T03:35:04Z Ghosts can't turn a man out of his place and bring him to be a laughingstock. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z It has been about three weeks since I informed you of my intention to abduct you and make you a laughingstock again. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z No longer the league's laughingstock, they've proven to be the best of the NFL's worst by beating the Lions, Bengals, Browns and Dolphins. Bills prepare to measure themselves against Pats 2010-12-21T03:02:17Z Without the numerous veterans Fox had come to depend on, the Panthers have become a laughingstock on offense. Fox 'able to look myself in mirror' when gone 2010-12-16T22:15:10Z Crawford did that for nine seasons, and the Rays grew from laughingstock to a model of efficiency. On Baseball: Smaller Teams Feed Green Monsters 2010-12-10T01:44:00Z The chaos that preceded India's Commonwealth Games this year turned New Delhi into a laughingstock — particularly when held up against the shimmering example of authoritarian Beijing's 2008 Olympics. What Soccer's World Cup Choices Tell Us About the World 2010-12-03T05:10:00Z “Which shall you do—make the deal I proposed or be made a public laughingstock again?” The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z The stringent rules placed by the B.C.S. on the computers — they must, for example, exclude margin of victory from their formulas, making 10-7 equivalent to 70-7 — turned them into the laughingstock of the numbers community. Keeping Score: Numbers Are a Weak Spot in the B.C.S. Standings 2010-10-16T17:29:00Z "These Yanks are making us look like a laughingstock in the Premier League and in Europe," said Paul Tremarco, a season-ticket holder for 35 years. Red Sox group set for takeover of Liverpool team 2010-10-06T22:31:00Z South Carolina Republicans have done their level best recently to make the state a laughingstock — from Gov. South Carolina's Fifth District: John Spratt vs. Mick Mulvaney 2010-10-06T21:40:00Z As one mandarin warned in the late 19th century, foot-binding made China "a laughingstock in the eyes of foreigners." Best Weapon Against Honor Killers: Shame 2010-09-25T03:37:00Z He had made the young clubman a laughingstock more than once. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z He was a key to the Saints' turnaround from laughingstock to playoff team. Long and short of Hall of Fame waits 2010-08-06T16:10:00Z He became a joke in this town and, in my industry, a laughingstock. Ben Roethlisberger?s Journey to Notoriety 2010-07-29T22:34:00Z Svanberg's patronizing pledge to look after all the “small people” on the Gulf Coast made him a laughingstock; he has since apologized for a poor choice of words. The Oil Spill's Biggest Losers 2010-07-29T12:00:00Z Seen as undeserving competitors even before the tournament began, France is going home early — winless and the laughingstock of the soccer world. Flustered French team eliminated by South Africa | World Cup roundup 2010-06-23T03:14:00Z Seen as undeserving competitors even before the tournament began, France is going home early - winless and the laughingstock of the soccer world. Humiliation now complete for France at World Cup 2010-06-22T21:59:00Z Four years ago, they were still among the laughingstocks of the N.H.L. Leading Off: The Toast of Chicago 2010-06-10T16:54:00Z Since Polian took Manning with the No. 1 pick in the 1998 draft, Manning has broken every significant passing record in franchise history and has helped the team go from league laughingstock to league model. Polian: Colts likely to reach deal with Manning 2010-06-07T18:47:00Z About Justice Clarence Thomas, for instance, Ms. Kagan wrote that the Senate would have confirmed him easily in 1991 even though “his substantive testimony had become a national laughingstock.” ?95 Article Reveals Kagan?s Views on Confirmation 2010-05-11T19:22:00Z "We are going to be the laughingstock of the nation and it is not funny -- it is horrible and racist," Swanson said, according to the Arizona Daily Sun. Groups try to delay Arizona immigrant law 2010-04-28T22:40:00Z He is a baseball man, and so Riggleman knows how the people in charge when a franchise transforms from laughingstock to contender are remembered. Washington Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman feels he's the right man for the job 2010-04-05T04:00:00Z Maybe the laughingstock of the N.H.L.: an Original Six team seemingly stuck in the Original Six era, owned by a curmudgeon who thought local television broadcasts would spell the end of his business. Leading Off: The Toast of Chicago 2010-06-10T16:54:00Z “It’s high time,” he said, “for people to notice that the Parliament is neither a talking shop nor a laughingstock.” European Parliament Wields a Wider Influence 2010-03-04T21:22:00Z Coach K dismisses rumor The New Jersey Nets are already the laughingstock of the NBA. 2010-02-14T05:00:00Z His whole apparel was the laughingstock of the wind; but my father had taught me to despise no one, however humble. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I'll not only become the laughingstock o' the minister and his wife, but the whole town will join in with ready chorus. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 There is no need to add that they were the laughingstock of them all. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster So all this made him rather a laughingstock among the regular hands. Seven Frozen Sailors But, no; I would not have a scandal afloat, even though I was becoming the laughingstock and by-word of my servants! The Sapphire Cross Editorial in Pravda: The stupid book written by the American J. H. McLeod has made Earth a laughingstock throughout the galaxy. A World by the Tale Do you remember the Scopes' Monkey Trial back in the 1920s which became a world appreciated farce and made Tennessee a laughingstock? Status Quo This old lady had towed him home once, the laughingstock of the village; she had brought to naught at the same time the scheme which had cost Lucy and himself such a deal of planning. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 When, in September, bright, talkative Charlotte and baby Emily came to Cowan's Bridge, they found their idolised little mother, their Maria, the butt, laughingstock and scapegrace of the school. Emily Brontë But, save for the telling, it had been obeyed, although it is hard to feel one's self an unwilling coward, a prig, and the laughingstock of one's fellows. The Uncalled A Novel We'll all be the laughingstocks of the world if this ever gets out. A Filbert Is a Nut Make not thyself a laughingstock to me and such Christians as may be here. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Moreover, I shall be the laughingstock of friends and enemies alike, for all will say that in my carelessness I slept and allowed my horse to be stolen.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 In fact, committed as they are to it, I don't see how they can give it up, without making themselves the laughingstock of Europe. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Acknowledging this, it was then inquired why he had not "got even with Theodore," by turning the laugh on him, and telling that it was his grandfather who had made himself a laughingstock. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls They are a perfect laughingstock with their strivings after vile ends, their jostling of each other at rich men's doors, their attendance at crowded dinners, and their vulgar obsequiousness at table. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece He made converts; and because he yearned after God, he became a laughingstock in Káshán, disparaged by friend and stranger alike, exposed to the taunts of his faithless companions. Memorials of the Faithful Yet if, by any chance, I proved later innocent of the charge, then he would become the laughingstock of the army. My Lady of Doubt They would have made me such a laughingstock that I could scarcely have retained office. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Later we read, "Pleyel's presumption is a public laughingstock;" but he adds, "I go to all his concerts and applaud him." The Great German Composers He stood staring dumbly around him, unconscious that he was the laughingstock of all. The Half-Hearted Do you want to make me a laughingstock? Memorials of the Faithful You have made me the laughingstock of Philadelphia. My Lady of Doubt Enough of this, and GMT would be the laughingstock of the world, and so caught up in internecine struggles that the clear superiority of the stress-feeding EST ethos would sweep them away. Eastern Standard Tribe The incident of the dust bin brought on them open ridicule; they became the laughingstock of Shrewsbury. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow It is shameful!" cried Wolfe with flashing eyes, as the news was made known; "England will become the laughingstock of the whole world! French and English A Story of the Struggle in America An Indian whom Catlin painted with half his face in shadow became the laughingstock of the tribe, as "the man with half a face." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Until the block of houses in Blank Street is pulled down and a broad road is run straight to join the main street, the place will be the laughingstock of strangers. Side Lights She looked like the kid with the safety-obsessed mom who inflicts criminally dorky fashions on her daughter, making her the neighborhood laughingstock. Eastern Standard Tribe Pretty well, too, Mr. Squire, if we must be sent for to be made a laughingstock of. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader "And it made us the laughingstock of the whole town," added Carl, sourly. Young Hunters of the Lake "If you are so pleased to be made a laughingstock of it's nothing to me," he flashed. Frank Merriwell at Yale Sir 18:31 If thou givest thy soul the desires that please her, she will make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies that malign thee. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Hattie, you want to make of yourself the laughingstock of the neighborhood. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It What! they who had cruelly been made the laughingstock of the public, forget the wrong and favor the wrongdoer? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Otherwise we face a social upheaval that might leave us demoralized for years—say nothing of making us a laughingstock with the rabble. Ruggles of Red Gap Do you want to set me up as a laughingstock for all my friends and neighbors? With the Procession I am afraid the doctor, who is said to have become the laughingstock of the living, has entirely faded out of men’s minds and memories. Shakespeare's Bones He is generally," says he, "the laughingstock of the school. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Don't make me the laughingstock of the whole neighborhood. The Dead Alive Verse 33 seems to describe the excited imagination of the drunkard, whose senses are no longer under his control, but play him tricks that make him a laughingstock to sober people. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes To me he is the man who made a laughingstock of me in a censorious little town by calling me "a woman of doubtful reputation." Three Comedies I, who have just come out of prison;—hated, despised, and made a laughingstock by everybody in our neighborhood, even pointed at by the little street-urchins! Paula the Waldensian I've stayed here long enough, if even my sister-in-law, as well as my own nephew, from whom I expect nothing better, makes me her laughingstock. Jack's Ward The Diet of Frankfort was pretentious, but practically impotent, and was the laughingstock of Europe. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders "He's making a laughingstock out of me; look around the room!" Gunman's Reckoning They were reluctant to make themselves the laughingstock of the town by letting the idea get abroad that they were afraid of ghosts, and they determined to hold their tongues. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Some of them recognized a half-crazy shoemaker from Brescia among those who bore crosses, and immediately the whole mob through him became a laughingstock. Mogens and Other Stories Of course, Great Britain, triumphant on the seas, remained unconquered, but the British army, the laughingstock of Europe, could expect to achieve little where Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden had failed. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. "Some silly notion about being made a laughingstock, I gather," said his wife. The Prince of Graustark Even my father does not dare to give her half-a-sovereign for pocket-money; but do ask your mother if she could not be made such that those girls should not make her their laughingstock.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 "Now, Rose, if you will just coach him a little in his small talk, he won't make a laughingstock of himself as he did the other night," added Steve. Rose in Bloom He, the commander in chief, a Serene Highness who everybody said possessed powers such as no man had ever had in Russia, to be placed in this position—made the laughingstock of the whole army! War and Peace Your Commons are a disconsidered rump of which already you have made a laughingstock. The Path of the King Yet if I suffer them to escape they will tell my story to the world and make me a laughingstock. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot This old chap was the laughingstock of his class. Rose in Bloom |
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