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Recent Examples of ha-ha
Brazilian fandom is a funny thing, both in its complexity — Brazil, as one of its great cultural figures once said, is not for beginners — and in the ha-ha sense.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Workers repairing a ha-ha, a ditch traditionally used to contain livestock without interrupting the view across an estate, uncovered a tunnel entrance, along with Tudor-era artifacts including pottery, bones, and glass bottles.
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
15 June 2026
Great roles and performances, but, ha-ha, Phoenix earned his first Academy Award for Joker in 2020.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.
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John Waters,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
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Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Workers repairing a ha-ha, a ditch traditionally used to contain livestock without interrupting the view across an estate, uncovered a tunnel entrance, along with Tudor-era artifacts including pottery, bones, and glass bottles.
—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
15 June 2026
Great roles and performances, but, ha-ha, Phoenix earned his first Academy Award for Joker in 2020.
—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.
—
John Waters,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ha-ha
Noun
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The frontier model business, which attracted billions in capital on the premise that raw intelligence would be the moat, is facing a structural credibility problem.
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Now that the fairy tale ended a long time ago, their incredible businesses, tremendous leadership, and franchises — moats — keep them a big part of the S & P 500 and the biggest part of tech, which is the biggest part of everything.
Noun
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But the gold seekers, the ‘49ers, immediately set to digging ditches and canals to divert water, and so the new state soon allowed that practice, too.
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An injured fawn trapped in a Loomis ditch got a second chance thanks to a rescue by South Placer Fire District firefighters.
Noun
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The most common is to apply liquid termiticide in a trench in the soil around your house.
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This poppy red trench is the kind of summer statement piece that’s worth the investment, especially with this discount.
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“Ha-ha.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha-ha. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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