the last laugh
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"We were all kind of scoffing, 'Arthur who writes the truck commercials is writing a drama!?' And of course then Arthur had the last laugh, because two weeks later he was famous."
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Though early in forecasting both the bursting of the internet bubble and the bear market during the global financial crisis, Grantham had the last laugh.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
White: That character is all about himself, and this is one final way to leave on the last laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Yet the doomed queen has had the last laugh in the form of an extended afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
I got the last laugh when I caught the same train 5 minutes later and rode it all the way to Oakland.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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