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have laughed

  • present perfect of laugh.

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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

If that encounter had been described to Newsom five years ago—when turbine sales were much slower, renewable energy was in favor and electricity demand was flat—he says he probably would have laughed.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

“For 1,000 episodes, we have laughed together, we have cried together, sang together, danced together, celebrated and competed together,” she told that audience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel