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The running joke on my five seasons covering the Marlins — a self-deprecating coping mechanism, really — was that at least one of my flights would get delayed on every trip.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Raptors receive Brandon Ingram There was a time when the running joke around the Raptors roster and team president Masai Ujiri’s vision was that the team would eventually be made up of nothing but 6-foot-8 versatile forwards in a positionless NBA.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
The euthanasia of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel by New York wildlife officials even became a campaign talking point days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election—and a running gag on social media.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Raptors receive Brandon Ingram There was a time when the running joke around the Raptors roster and team president Masai Ujiri’s vision was that the team would eventually be made up of nothing but 6-foot-8 versatile forwards in a positionless NBA.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
The euthanasia of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel by New York wildlife officials even became a campaign talking point days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election—and a running gag on social media.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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