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Joked Eagles general manager Howie Roseman: “I was worried they were going to relegate us to the SEC if we took more Georgia guys.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2023

Joked Wainwright, “I’m just going to throw fastballs right down the middle.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2021

Joked the rabbi: “And on Monday, I’m taking him to the mikvah,” the ritual bath used for, among other purposes, conversions to the Jewish faith.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2016

Joked Pierce: "I can't eat at this table!!"

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2015

The brothers Joked that he had been given the two ugliest men in the Night's Watch; being blind, he was spared having to look at them.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin