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The euthanasia of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel by New York wildlife officials even became a campaign talking point days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election—and a running gag on social media.
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Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There was a running joke in the Black community about groups like the Black Panthers, SNCC, CORE, the NAACP, who would regularly go out fundraising.
—Garrett Morris, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
During the Buffalo Bills’ playoff drought, ESPN anchor Kevin Connors used to have a running joke on air.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There was a running joke in the Black community about groups like the Black Panthers, SNCC, CORE, the NAACP, who would regularly go out fundraising.
—Garrett Morris, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
During the Buffalo Bills’ playoff drought, ESPN anchor Kevin Connors used to have a running joke on air.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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