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I said half-jokingly after the second Test in Brisbane that England would play well now in Adelaide because they had had their two warm-ups.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

So Harper and Jack started what they half-jokingly called the “Civil Disobedience Club.”

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Putin, meanwhile, half-jokingly suggested that their next meeting could take place in Moscow.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

Tallis and Hilary Moore read that December article about the Buzzard, Hilary recalls, “and I turned to Tallis and I kind of half-jokingly was like, ‘Do you want to buy a bookstore?’”

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Sometimes he half-jokingly suggested that he should have gotten out of football back in Pop Warner when he was at the top of his game.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger