have the last laugh
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It looks like Netflix might have the last laugh there.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Apple could also have the last laugh if the AI trade collapses, according to Nguyen.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025
However, the Irish were to have the last laugh as Ryan Baird and then Robbie Henshaw went over -- Crowley converting both -- to round off a hugely satisfying night for the hosts.
From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025
Women may have the last laugh after being shuffled out of late-night to daytime.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023
While some physicists are trying to eliminate zero from their equations, others are showing that zero may have the last laugh.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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