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have laughed

  • present perfect
    of laugh.
    laugh
    verb (used without object)
    to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

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"If you'd have told me when I was seven or eight and first getting into bird watching that I'd be seeing cranes in my home county, I'd have laughed," he continued.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

If you didn’t read about it in the news, you might have laughed at Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, or a correspondent on “The Daily Show” joking about it.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

I would have laughed in my own face as little as a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

I also laughed a lot, even at clips from movies I might not have laughed at before, which makes a course of rewatching feel inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Dear Diary, If four years ago someone would have told me that Ms. G was going to last more than a month, I would have laughed straight in their face.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers