tongue-in-cheek
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Evans now plans, in agreement with the PHS, to remove the original plaque with a tongue-in-cheek replacement, endorsed by the "All Hopes No Promises Historical Society".
From BBC
But what transpired was a kind of tongue-in-cheek muscle-man competition that gave each of the men a solo excursion as if emulating the “talent portion” of such affairs.
The sentiment is tongue-in-cheek, but the feeling behind it is not.
From Los Angeles Times
Blurring the lines between fiction and reality — everyone on screen is playing a version of themselves — the result is a tongue-in-cheek metafiction about the pitfalls of an industry that prioritizes productivity over people.
From Los Angeles Times
“Not until I launch it,” was his tongue-in-cheek response.
From MarketWatch
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