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Simultaneously good-humored and ill-tempered in that quintessentially French fashion, Gabrielle is indeed shouldering a crushing amount of responsibility.
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Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Advertisement In each refreshingly compact, 15-minute episode, the comedian introduces viewers to the cultivation of a crop (apples, root vegetables) or a related practice (foraging, composting), with help from some good-humored expert—usually a yeoman farmer.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
This blissful mood is felt everywhere, from the ensemble’s good-humored bickering over the city’s rooftops, singing and dancing sessions at home, and dinner parties where hearty servings of tahdig are cheered on.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
In a good-humored video posted to X on Monday (Dec. 29), the rapper asked fans to please stop raking her over the coals for her relationship with Stefon Diggs, who recently sparked online discourse by posting about spending Christmas with his other children.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2025
In person, Gehry was a plain-speaking, soft-spoken and good-humored, if occasionally cantankerous, communicator.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Lionel may be a bit lacking in romantic ardor, but Mescal’s good-humored watchfulness and contemplative calm make the character a companionable presence, even as the filmmaking ultimately succumbs to inertia and the great, defining passion of Lionel’s life recedes into the mists of memory.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025
And once again, Ukraine and its 37.7 million good-humored, industrious and resourceful people are left out in the cold.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Advertisement In each refreshingly compact, 15-minute episode, the comedian introduces viewers to the cultivation of a crop (apples, root vegetables) or a related practice (foraging, composting), with help from some good-humored expert—usually a yeoman farmer.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
This blissful mood is felt everywhere, from the ensemble’s good-humored bickering over the city’s rooftops, singing and dancing sessions at home, and dinner parties where hearty servings of tahdig are cheered on.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
In a good-humored video posted to X on Monday (Dec. 29), the rapper asked fans to please stop raking her over the coals for her relationship with Stefon Diggs, who recently sparked online discourse by posting about spending Christmas with his other children.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2025
In person, Gehry was a plain-speaking, soft-spoken and good-humored, if occasionally cantankerous, communicator.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Lionel may be a bit lacking in romantic ardor, but Mescal’s good-humored watchfulness and contemplative calm make the character a companionable presence, even as the filmmaking ultimately succumbs to inertia and the great, defining passion of Lionel’s life recedes into the mists of memory.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025
And once again, Ukraine and its 37.7 million good-humored, industrious and resourceful people are left out in the cold.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Good-humored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good-humored. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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