keep a straight face
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This is so obviously a market mania that I honestly don’t know how anyone on the Street of Shame can say otherwise and keep a straight face.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
It was very difficult to keep a straight face because we just played it as seriously as we could, and we’re like, “Should we make a procedural crime show? I think we might have to.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Rep. Greg Casar of Austin, another freshman Democrat who sits beside Crockett in the Oversight Committee, said he often struggles to keep a straight face during Crockett’s speeches.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
The last one to keep a straight face wins.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Arturo looked right at her, struggling to keep a straight face.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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