laughing matter
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"The nuclear annihilation of an American city is no laughing matter," Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the US House of Representatives, said on X.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
For someone for whom jokes were a constant, this was no laughing matter.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But, as I've got older, my weight has become anything but a laughing matter.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
For many theater lovers, it’s no laughing matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
This was hardly the laughing matter he seemed to think it was.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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