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She didn't understand the punch line.
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Discouraging is one word for a potential work action that would (once again) interrupt CPS students’ educations, upend the routines of working parents and make Chicago a national punch line.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
More importantly, the movie is an age-old opportunity for someone who’s been a pinup, and occasionally a punch line, to be seen in a whole new light.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
The lack of effort has been so widespread, it’s turned into a collective punch line among my group of friends.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025
The story follows the logic of a joke or a comedy sketch: the development consists in finding new ways for the doctors to move their uneasy patient one step closer to the punch line.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
More importantly, the movie is an age-old opportunity for someone who’s been a pinup, and occasionally a punch line, to be seen in a whole new light.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
The lack of effort has been so widespread, it’s turned into a collective punch line among my group of friends.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025
The story follows the logic of a joke or a comedy sketch: the development consists in finding new ways for the doctors to move their uneasy patient one step closer to the punch line.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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